On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 04:02:42PM +0000, tim.dono...@lyrasis.org wrote: > While DSpace 5 was never officially tested with Java 8 (which is why it isn't > listed as "supported"), my understanding is there are several sites that are > successfully running DSpace 5.x on Java 8. > > This is based on the feedback reported in our Java 8 upgrade ticket > https://jira.lyrasis.org/browse/DS-2653 > > As well as other's feedback on this mailing list, for example: > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/dspace-tech/M45uwUo69W0/mBO7m50mCQAJ > > So, I think DSpace 5.1 will likely work on Java 8. I cannot promise it > though, as it was never officially tested on that release of Java. That > said, people seem to be having success at least running DSpace 5.9 on Java 8. > So, if 5.1 has issues, you could upgrade to a later version of 5.x.
Also no promises, but here we have a 5.6 instance and a 5.2 instance running on OpenJDK 8. I do all of my development and testing with Java 8 unless something needs Java 11. -- Mark H. Wood Lead Technology Analyst University Library Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis 755 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-0749 www.ulib.iupui.edu -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the DuraSpace Code of Conduct: https://duraspace.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/20200417142624.GB27482%40IUPUI.Edu.
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