Real world still using 1.6. Until it is gone from the public if this compiled to 1.7 byte code it will break in clients using 1.6 jre. I want to switch to 1.7 but too many open source projects still using 1.6 bytecode also.
------------------- [ ] keep Java 1.5 compatibility: no good reason to upgrade. [X ] upgrade to Java 1.6: one step at a time. [] upgrade to Java 1.7: new features are more important. ------------------- ________________________________ From: Johannes Kienzle <jkien...@salesforce.com> To: HttpClient User Discussion <httpclient-users@hc.apache.org> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [POLL] Minimal JRE level as of HttpClient 4.4 ------------------- [ ] keep Java 1.5 compatibility: no good reason to upgrade. [ ] upgrade to Java 1.6: one step at a time. [X] upgrade to Java 1.7: new features are more important. ------------------- On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Erik Pilz <e...@pilzner.com> wrote: > ------------------- > [ ] keep Java 1.5 compatibility: no good reason to upgrade. > [ ] upgrade to Java 1.6: one step at a time. > [X] upgrade to Java 1.7: new features are more important. > ------------------- > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > Java 1.5 compatibility has become increasing difficult to maintain and > > increasing pointless on top of that. We, as a project, have been > > thinking about upgrading minimal JRE level requirement for the > > HttpClient 4.4 branch to something newer. While Java 1.6 might be a > > reasonable and a conservative choice in terms of stability and adoption, > > it actually brings little in terms of new features we could make use of > > in HttpClient. Besides, Java 1.6 is officially end of life. So, we might > > as well consider upgrading to Java 1.7 which would give us NIO2, full > > support for 'try with resources', and probably some other features. > > > > Please let us know what you think and respond to this poll. > > > > All users of HttpClient are encouraged to participate. Every vote will > > count. > > > > ------------------- > > [ ] keep Java 1.5 compatibility: no good reason to upgrade. > > [ ] upgrade to Java 1.6: one step at a time. > > [ ] upgrade to Java 1.7: new features are more important. > > ------------------- > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org > > > > >