I guess my feedback remains the same as it always has been: until there are
compelling language reasons to break backwards compatibility I think the
cons outweigh the pros. While I would certainly recommend new installations
use a 1.7 runtime the version itself doesn't bring that many new language
features that i am aware of. So being able to remain 1.6 compatible while
still able to utilize the newer runtime feels like having our cake and
eating it too.
Java 8 on the other hand is an entirely different animal. Some very
interesting new features there indeed like lambdas, interface defaults, and
optionals. I imagine fans of the guava library will want to upgrade sooner
rather than later. Me being one of them :)
All that said I certainly understand that Java 6 is bordering on ancient
these days and it makes it increasingly hard to setup a development
environment. So while I wouldn't urge for upping the minimum requirement I
wouldn't resist either. I will throw in a neutral vote on this one.
$0.02
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:21 AM, Andrea Aime
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi,
> given that java 6 has been out of support for a while now, and java 8 is
> out,
> how do people feel about upping our minimal java requirement to java 7
> on the master branches of GeoTools and GeoServer?
>
> Pro/cons, issues you see?
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
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