After 0.17 release i am proposing once again to upgrade to Java 11 minimal version. Any more feedback or concerns?
On May 14, 2022, yuxuan wang <yuxuan.w...@reddit.com.invalid> wrote: > +1 for using jdk11 to build jdk8 compatible jar for now, and dropping > jdk8 > support later (we are already planning/working on migrating to jdk11 > internally). > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 1:25 AM Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 1:20 AM Jiayu Liu <ji...@hey.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > > > > Regarding point 2 - the lib/kotlin has its own cross tests which > tests > > > kotlin generator code, the lib/java has all along had its own > cross > > > tests, which currently live in lib/java/src/crossTests. These two > are > > > not related. > > > > Thanks for the clarification. > > > > > > > > Regarding point 3 - the added module does not contain libthrift > code but > > > only the parts that are JDK11 specific for example the new JDK > http > > > client. I did not mean to compile the same code using two > different > > > targets but rather split out JDK11 Api dependent code so the > libthrift > > > continues to run on Java 8 > > > > Okay, I understand now. Thanks. Right now, there isn't any JDK11 API > > dependent code. If we reach the point where somebody wants to write > > some for a feature that is exclusive to JDK 11 and later, then I > think > > that would be a good reason to consider dropping 8, rather than > > maintain two. > >
