+1 Thanks, Eduard
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Guillaume Delhumeau < [email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > 2016-02-09 16:13 GMT+01:00 Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected]>: > > > +1 > > > > Thanks, > > Caty > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:11 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version > > > supported for XWiki 8.0+. > > > > > > The rationale is: > > > > > > * Java 7 is end of life since April 2015. > > > * It brings [Default Methods| > > > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.html > ] > > > which would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very > hard > > to > > > add new features to existing API right now). > > > * Required for: > > > ** Infinispan 8 > > > ** JGroups 4 > > > ** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized for > > > it, http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about what > > > "Java 8+" means exactly) > > > > > > Nice to have > > > * Lambda Expressions > > > * Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several > > times > > > \@Named instead of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for example > > > * New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should > > > refactor our $datetool velocity tool to make the java.time api > available > > > from velocity > > > * more… > > > > > > See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878 > > > > > > Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2. > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > -- > Guillaume Delhumeau ([email protected]) > Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS > Committer on the XWiki.org project > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
