Hello, Given that Oracle just announced (in March*) the end of public updates for Java 8, it seems to be a good time to do that.
It could be a general rule to consider that the earliest publicly supported version (usually an LTS) is the oldest version worth some specific efforts to ensure compatibility (probably applicable to other languages as well). As long as the older version is not requiring any extra effort it can be kept but if there is some reason to drop it, like HTTP2 in this case, the rule applies. * https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html My 2 cents, Triton. Le jeu. 12 mai 2022 à 16:30, Yuxuan Wang <yuxuan.w...@reddit.com.invalid> a écrit : > We do still use jdk8 on our production services, unfortunately. > > But a timeline like post-0.17.0 would *probably* work for us, as that gives > us some time to upgrade to 11 or 17. > > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 8:50 AM Jiayu Liu <ji...@hey.com.invalid> wrote: > > > Hi dev@thrift, > > > > I've been working on the Java generator and library recently and have > > revamped the project a little bit, and for the most part, keeping all > > changes back compatible. > > > > Recently I've been thinking of introducing a breaking change: dropping > > the support of Java 8 and bumping the minimal supported version to Java > > 11. > > > > There are 2 main reasons for doing this: > > 1. while there are extended support by Oracle or AWS, generally Java 8 > > is too old [1], while Java 11 is the next LTS version > > 2. there are good JDK level Http 2 and Web socket support [2] but only > > added since Java 11 - there are libraries that support Http 2 that can > > also work in Java 8 but having a non-library dependent code is > > preferable in many situations > > > > Would like to hear more feedback on whether this is a good idea, and > > when is a good timing (e.g. post release 0.17.0?). > > > > [1]: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support- > > roadmap.html > > [2]: > > > > > https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.net.http/java/net/http/HttpClient.html > > > -- Triton.
