On 28/02/2016 13:09, Rainer Jung wrote: <snip/>
> Concerning Java 7 vs. 8 it would be nice to allow the split as it was > done with web sockets in TC 7. But it is not critical. Java 7 public > updates ended 10 months ago. People who are not yet on TC 8 and who want > or need to stay on Java 7 can stick to TC 7. > > People who need HTTP/2 should be prepared to use latest and greatest. > For them a switch to Java 8 should not really be a problem. I don't think we need to worry about Java 7 vs. Java 8. I'm confident we'll be able to back-port the Java 8 specific code to Java 7. > The problematic part is the people who just migrated to TC 8 during the > last 2 years and might still need to use Java 7 for some reasons. Those > are the ones that should guide the time we are willing to support 8 and > 8.next in parallel. So IMHO the time depends somewhat on the Java 7/8 > result and also the a)/b) decision (how compatible are 8 and 8.next) and > also on the timing (announcement of plan, first release of 8.next GA). 6 > months is not much for people who just moved to TC 8 if the update to > 8.next involves noticeable work on their side. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
