Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Hi Yuri, Thanks for the info! After successfully building AOO for Windows, my next try will be AOO on ArcaOS... ;-) Regards, Matthias Am 16.07.2017 um 18:28 schrieb Yuri Dario: At least the OS/2 port still relies on Java 6 [http://trac.netlabs.org/java]. But I think the support

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

> >> At least the OS/2 port still relies on Java 6 > >> [http://trac.netlabs.org/java]. > >> But I think the support is still at beta stage... I can confirm that Java 6 is supported in OS/2 and it is no longer beta. But, while java7&8 ports are planned, there isn't a timetable for them.

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

On 7/9/2017 12:13 PM, Marcus wrote: > Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: >> [...] >> >> Anyway I am proceeding with (uncommitted) development under the >> assumption >> at least 7 is ok, and will revisit with 8 if possible. Please object soon >> if you do :-) > > of course the

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Damjan Jovanovic wrote: There are many language and class library improvements in later versions of Java that we would benefit from in AOO, and if there are no objections, I would like to increase the minimum version to 7, if not 8. I agree (for trunk, of course). Java 7 is probably a safer

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Hello guys; While updating the java requirements, please someone remove StaX API (main/stax) from the build. I recall it was only used for Java versions < 5. Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Am 09.07.2017 um 18:38 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > Please provide a full log and build options / setup. My Windows trunk > builds perfectly. Hi Damjan, I will do so when I have time for trunk. At the moment I will concentrate on 4.1.4. Regards, Matthias smime.p7s Description: S/MIME

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Am 09.07.2017 um 18:07 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Matthias Seidel < > matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Damjan, > >> > >> I can only comment on a non-technical

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: [...] Anyway I am proceeding with (uncommitted) development under the assumption at least 7 is ok, and will revisit with 8 if possible. Please object soon if you do :-) of course the current 4.1.x release line should be kept as it is. If

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Hi Damjan, > > I can only comment on a non-technical POV... > > Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > > Hi > > > > Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of Java 5, which was > > released

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Hi Damjan, I can only comment on a non-technical POV... Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > Hi > > Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of Java 5, which was > released in 2004, and was EOL from 2008; even paid Oracle customers stopped > getting updates in 2015 [2].

Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

Hi Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of Java 5, which was released in 2004, and was EOL from 2008; even paid Oracle customers stopped getting updates in 2015 [2]. There are many language and class library improvements in later versions of Java that we would benefit from in AOO,