I fixed the most important links now. 
Can you plz check if it’s ok now?
And thanks for reporting it - this is important feedback as I’m most times too 
busy and forget about those things ;)

If you still miss something then plz ping me and I try to fix it as well.

txs and LieGrue,
strub



> Am 30.09.2015 um 16:55 schrieb Mark Struberg <[email protected]>:
> 
> working on this now.
> Will keep you updated.
> 
> LieGrue,
> strub
> 
> 
>> Am 21.09.2015 um 23:06 schrieb Talden <[email protected]>:
>> 
>> The OpenJPA pages on apache.org (http://openjpa.apache.org/) are the
>> obvious standouts.
>> 
>> They still suggest the latest stable is 2.3.0 and say things like "The
>> upcoming 2.4 release (trunk) is based off of the 2.3.x branch and will
>> contain some additional features (TBD)"
>> 
>> --
>> Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> It is officially released. Maybe I/we forgot to update some site still?
>>> 
>>> Just point me to the page you are missing something on and I gonna fix it.
>>> 
>>> txs and LieGrue,
>>> strub
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Am 21.09.2015 um 09:44 schrieb Henno Vermeulen <[email protected]>:
>>>> 
>>>> The documentation does list 2.4.0 as a release so I think they just
>>> forgot to update the downloads page!
>>>> I'm no OpenJPA committer, perhaps they can give the "official" answer,
>>> but here's our practical answer:
>>>> 
>>>> We are using OpenJPA for a few years now. I can confirm from our
>>> experience that the enhancer for OpenJPA 2.3.0 is not able to enhance
>>> classes that are compiled with Java 8. It should be possible to compile
>>> with Java 7 and use a Java 8 runtime, but we haven't tried this.
>>>> 
>>>> We have been using 2.4.0 with Java 7 in production (around 20 users) for
>>> quite a few months. We have very thorough tests that use OpenJPA and the
>>> actual database. All of them were passing on 2.3.0 and Java 7 and are now
>>> passing on 2.4.0 with either Java 7 or 8, so for us there are no new bugs
>>> in 2.4.0 on top of Java 8.
>>>> 
>>>> We actually started using Java 8 in production since this weekend, due
>>> to extensive testing I'm confident everything works fine. I can't yet say
>>> whether lambdas inside entities are working correctly, but I don't see why
>>> they shouldn't.
>>>> 
>>>> In short: I would say it's safe to use OpenJPA 2.4.0 and it won't be a
>>> barrier to adopt Java 8.
>>>> If you encounter other barriers for Java 8 adoption, consider compiling
>>> with Java 7 but running with a recent Java 8 JRE.
>>>> 
>>>> Henno Vermeulen
>>>> 
>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>> Van: Talden [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 18 september 2015 5:00
>>>> Aan: [email protected]
>>>> Onderwerp: Is OpenJPA 2.4.0 is released or not
>>>> 
>>>> OpenJPA 2.4.0 appears to be available on MavenCentral (Dated 2015-04-20)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|org.apache.openjpa|openjpa|2.4.0|bundle
>>>> 
>>>> In mailing list archives there's a call to vote (With votes up to
>>>> 2015-04-24)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> http://openjpa.208410.n2.nabble.com/VOTE-Release-Apache-OpenJPA-2-4-0-tt7587965.html#none
>>>> 
>>>> But on the OpenJPA apache site the releases include only 2.3.0
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is 2.4.0 officially released?
>>>> 
>>>> Is the April 20th 2015 artefact in Maven Central (that pre-dates the
>>> vote) a safe and valid build for production purposes?
>>>> 
>>>> Am I correct that this version is required to enhance classes in a Java8
>>> runtime? A Java8 migration is highly desirable but wonder if OpenJPA will
>>> be a barrier.
>>>> 
>>>> If 2.4.0 was not officially released, is there a release coming?
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Aaron Scott-Boddendijk
>>> 
>>> 
> 

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