No problem, we are on Java 7 for quite some time. I would not even object to Java 8 for the client side only, but I guess that can wait for 3.0. GWT/GUI development is really screaming for lambda's with all the event handling and async callbacks.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Mohammed <sameen....@gmail.com> wrote: > I think its fine we require Java 7 for GWT 2.7 > > On Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:20:53 PM UTC+5:30, Daniel Kurka wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> while bringing GSS support into GWT, I discovered that the closure >> styleheets compiler actually requires Java7. >> This means that we either have to do a back port of the compiler (I >> haven't looked at it seriously) or require Java7 for development with GWT >> (probably only if you are using CssResource). >> >> I really like your input on this and if I do not hear any strong >> objections, I will go ahead with using the Java7 version of closure >> stylesheets and thus we will require Java7 for GWT development. >> >> Note: This does not impact deployment of any GWT apps. You can still run >> a GWT app on a Java6 container, this will only affect developers on their >> machines. >> >> -Daniel >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Contributors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-web-toolkit-contributors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/904f4a86-630c-4d15-bf39-3b146f3db462%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/904f4a86-630c-4d15-bf39-3b146f3db462%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit-contributors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CABrJHW2mx%3DbAv%3DFbhg-HkZfydFVTJgXcPLSfaPd-%2BooPKfYeBQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.