What is the best way forward to progress this ask? Via the Geode OSS committee? I vote we should move ASAP.
Lyndon Adams London, SW11 > On 27 Jul 2015, at 17:43, Kirk Lund <[email protected]> wrote: > > True enough! I guess there's nothing preventing us from moving Geode to JDK > 1.8 now. > > >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Lyndon Adams <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why do you need to wait until "customers move to 1.8" when geode is an open >> source product? Surely customers are using a paid support version. Am I >> missing something? >> >> Lyndon Adams >> London, SW11 >> >>> On 25 Jul 2015, at 07:33, Kirk Lund <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Oi João, >>> >>> Our current source code level is Java 1.7. We just added 1.8 support >>> meaning that we build/compile the product under 1.7 JDK and then test with >>> both 1.7 and 1.8 JREs. >>> >>> We won't be able to drop 1.7 support until all customers move to 1.8 >>> (hopefully soon but probably not in 2015). >>> >>> -Kirk >>> >>>> On Friday, July 24, 2015, João Peixoto <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Thanks (obrigado ;) ) William. >>>> >>>> If I were to contribute to the project with a PR, which level should I >>>> respect? >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:40 PM William Markito <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi João (Opa, tudo bem ?) >>>>> >>>>> Actually it's supposed to be Java 7 but there are areas that needs to be >>>>> updated. >>>>> >>>>> But you should be also fine to run and compile with Java 8. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> > On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:32 PM, João Peixoto <[email protected]> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > I'm looking at the source code and I was wondering what is the language >>>>> > level that Geode is aiming for. Currently it seems compatible with Java >>>>> > 1.6, wondering if that minimum will be raised. >
