Okay. To be honest I had some reservations on moving to Java 7 because I didn't see anything we cannot accomplish in Java 6, so it would just cause inconvenience to (some) users without much upside.
On the other hand, we don't want to be tied to old technology forever, and we can reduce the inconvenience with clear documentation on which older versions of log4j2 can be used with Java 6, and a roadmap for future upgrades. I like the roadmap idea because it gives users advance notice. (Note Ralph proposed an outer bound and we may choose to upgrade sooner if we think it advantageous.) It is unfortunate that this announcement is only in the release email and not anywhere on the site. A lot of people may miss this and only hear about it in the next release. It is not easy to modify the site without doing a release, is it? For the next release we need to update quite a few pages on the site: - http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/index.html - http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/changelog.html - The top page of every component. This page also seems like a natural place to mention our required java version: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/runtime-dependencies.html Remko On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for reminding me. I will publish the release notes. >> >> Yes, we can update to Java 7 - at least as far as I am concerned. >> >> At the same time we should also set a tentative target for Java 8 and >> publish it. In looking at [1] I am thinking we would support Java 7 until >> mid 2018, unless circumstances warrant changing sooner. >> > > I do not think we need to say we will support Java 7 until 2018 or any > date for that matter. For me, support is based on feedback from users and > keeping the project relevant to current developers. > > It is possible that years from now we will have a branch for java 7 > support, but I would not promise anything. I am a volunteer here, not a > business man ;-) > > Gary > > >> >> Ralph >> >> [1] - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html >> >> On May 15, 2015, at 7:38 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you Ralph for being the release manager for 2.3, which is now >> available. >> >> I just wanted to post a note here to check that we are OK to move trunk >> from requiring Java 6 to 7. >> >> Gary >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> 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 >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> >> >> > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > 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 > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >
