Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-10-03 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hi, sorry for the late reply... :-) Stephen Connolly schrieb am Mo., 26. Sep. 2016 um 12:03 Uhr: > Well another question is how much longer will we support Java 7 anyway... > what we have said in the past is the next release line after JDK9 is > released will only support Java 8+... now we coul

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-26 Thread Stephen Connolly
Sounds reasonable. I think you have your answer On Monday 26 September 2016, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > If you don't mind helping with back porting, then we can help push > maintenance releases out :) > > On 26 Sep 2016 11:03 a.m., "Stephen Connolly" < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > wrote

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-26 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
If you don't mind helping with back porting, then we can help push maintenance releases out :) On 26 Sep 2016 11:03 a.m., "Stephen Connolly" < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well another question is how much longer will we support Java 7 anyway... > what we have said in the past is the

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-26 Thread Tibor Digana
m for > >>> you > >>> > if > >>> > Commons Lang would require Java 8. > >>> > > >>> > Thank you, > >>> > Benedikt > >>> > > >>> > [1] http://markmail.org/message/ecxc4brpxufamuzu &g

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-26 Thread Stephen Connolly
Well another question is how much longer will we support Java 7 anyway... what we have said in the past is the next release line after JDK9 is released will only support Java 8+... now we could change that, but that is *currently* what we have currently stated. I suspect that a bump to Java 8 by co

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Fred Cooke
Commons lang could commit to providing patch releases/bug fixes in a maintenance series of the existing line for that purpose. Then it'd be totally fine to do whatever they liked in the new version with major incremented. On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 3:20 AM, Robert Scholte wrote: > On Sun, 25 Sep 20

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Robert Scholte
On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:11:22 +0200, Benedikt Ritter wrote: Hello Robert, just watched your JavaOne presentation. Very interesting :-) thanks! Robert Scholte schrieb am So., 25. Sep. 2016 um 13:48 Uhr: It depends. If you are changing existing methods to only work with Java8, that wou

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hello Robert, just watched your JavaOne presentation. Very interesting :-) Robert Scholte schrieb am So., 25. Sep. 2016 um 13:48 Uhr: > It depends. If you are changing existing methods to only work with Java8, > that would be a problem (read: we cannot upgrade). If you have both Java8 > and pre

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Benedikt Ritter
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Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Robert Scholte
It depends. If you are changing existing methods to only work with Java8, that would be a problem (read: we cannot upgrade). If you have both Java8 and pre-Java8 implementations, either by reflection or proper encapsulated code it'll work for us. We do it ourselves too[1] for us it would be

Re: Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Tibor Digana
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Would Commons Lang on Java 8 be a problem for the Apache Maven project?

2016-09-25 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hi, at the Apache Commons Project we're currently discussing where we can host utility classes for working with the features introduced in Java 8. One proposal add this to Commons Lang [1]. Since Apache Maven makes use of Commons Lang, I would like to know whether it would be a problem for you if