pretty much agree with all that's been said. I'm +1 On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm another admirer of try-with-resources and AutoCloseable and I'd be happy > to see GWC upped to Java 7 minimum as well. > > > On 26 March 2014 04:58, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Justin Deoliveira >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> Like Jody I also like try with resources, and to a lesser extend, diamond >> operator. >> >> I don't mind staying with java 6 and supporting java 7 officially too, but >> we'd need to double the build servers and make the java 7 ones official (and >> we cannot really rely on Travis, our builds are too big for it) meaning >> each commit would have to be validated twice and >> developers would have to pay extra attention (and I guess, either build >> twice before committing, or build once in java 6 and hope the change >> does not break java 7 builds) >> >>> >>> 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 :) >> >> >> Indeed it's nice... but I guess we won't be able to adopt it until java 9 >> is out, which means at least two years. >> That is, unless something unprecedented happens and the user base just >> installs in mass java 8 on the >> servers within the next year. >> Looking around, what I see is people still working on java 7 upgrades, and >> only because they are basically forced by security >> considerations, with java 6 not receiving security patches anymore. >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> -- >> == >> Meet us at GEO Business 2014! in London! Visit http://goo.gl/fES3aK >> for more information. >> == >> >> Ing. Andrea Aime >> @geowolf >> Technical Lead >> >> GeoSolutions S.A.S. >> Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 >> 55054 Massarosa (LU) >> Italy >> phone: +39 0584 962313 >> fax: +39 0584 1660272 >> mob: +39 339 8844549 >> >> http://www.geo-solutions.it >> http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech >> _______________________________________________ >> GeoTools-Devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel >> > > > > -- > > Kevin Smith > > Junior Software Engineer | Boundless > > [email protected] > > +1-778-785-7459 > > @boundlessgeo > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-Devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel >
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