Do you expect any problems if we just switched to Java 8/Servlet 3.1 without modifying anything else?
Uli On 2014-05-01 18:54, Robert Zeigler wrote: > Not opposed to an upgrade to Java 8, but not sure 5.4 is the right time for > it. 5.4 has been > long-enough in coming that I feel it would be better to release 5.4, and use > 5.5 as the java8 > upgrade, possibly with a fairly short release time between 5.4 and 5.5. > Basically, 5.5 could be > “5.4 with java 8 compatibility” (and whatever new features (like the httpOnly > cookie flag ticket > you commented on recently) that would need > java 1.5 to support). > > Robert > > On May 1, 2014, at 5/111:38 AM , Ulrich Stärk <u...@spielviel.de> wrote: > >> Historically I have been a strong opponent to Java version upgrades for >> Tapestry because IMO >> the disadvantages outweighed the advantages by far. >> >> Now that we have lambda expressions, default methods, Nashorn and many other >> useful features >> I'm leaning towards making a radical break and switch to Java 8. >> >> We should have a formal vote for such a radical change and a discussion >> firstin order to >> gather comments and opinions from the community. >> >> Uli >> >> On 2014-04-30 12:57, Jochen Kemnade wrote: >>> Am 29.04.2014 21:07, schrieb Jochen Kemnade: >>>> I'll downgrade it tomorrow and get myself a Java 1.5 compiler... >>> >>> Which is much harder than I thought it was. I managed to find old rt.jar >>> and jce.jar files >>> and to make Gradle use them. Now I'm getting compile errors, e.g. in >>> VirtualResource:88, >>> MacOutputStream:45 and others. Mostly, it's Java 6 methods being used. >>> First of all, do we >>> still want to stick with Java 5 now that Java 8 is out and even Java 6 is >>> EOL? Second, I >>> wonder why it builds in Jenkins. What JDK is used there? >>> >>> Jochen >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To >>> unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: >>> dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To >> unsubscribe, e-mail: >> dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: >> dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To > unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: > dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org
