We have had this discussion before. There are some components that should be leaders and some that should be laggards when it comes to upgrading. My opinion is that Log4j needs to be at the tail end in terms of dropping support for older Java versions.
Ralph > On Nov 30, 2014, at 11:05 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hm, one of those blog shows Java 7 ~ 80 % and Java 6 at ~20 %. That fits the > general 80/20 rule for me ;-) > > Gary > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Or, I guess, when one of these surveys shows Java 6 is down below 10%. > Neither of these is extremely current, but it is interesting to note that the > second showed Java 6’s usage actually increase over the last several months. > I can’t imagine why that would be. > http://adtmag.com/blogs/watersworks/2014/05/2014-java-survey.aspx > <http://adtmag.com/blogs/watersworks/2014/05/2014-java-survey.aspx> > http://blog.jelastic.com/2014/05/20/software-stacks-market-share-april-2014/ > <http://blog.jelastic.com/2014/05/20/software-stacks-market-share-april-2014/> > > FWIW, I am still using Java 6 at work for some things so I have no interest > in not being able to use Log4j 2 in them. They should all be upgraded in the > next few months. > > Ralph > > >> On Nov 30, 2014, at 10:32 PM, Ralph Goers <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> November 2015. >> >> Ralph >> >>> On Nov 30, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I just had to do some refactoring to account for not being able to use a >>> Java 7 multi-catch. >>> >>> I would be OK to release 2.2 ASAP and then make Java 7 the minimum to take >>> advantage to Java 7 features like multi-catch and try-with resources. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> -- >>> E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com <http://garygregory.wordpress.com/> >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ <http://garygregory.com/> >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory <http://twitter.com/GaryGregory> > > > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com <http://garygregory.wordpress.com/> > Home: http://garygregory.com/ <http://garygregory.com/> > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory <http://twitter.com/GaryGregory>
