I doubt it such a big deal actually. You can run multiple versions of the java on the same machine. The only issue would be for legacy projects that are frozen to java 6 and would like to upgrade to a lib (like clojure) relying java8. But I doubt such projects are the norm, and the few that are probably do not care about upgrading to the latest clojure.
There are a lot of very large projects (such as Jetty, Cassandra, etc) that just made java8 a requirement for their next/current releases, and I don't see much complaining about it (quite the opposite). Also the fact that clojure itself is not getting an avalanche of new feature at every release makes upgrading not so critical. On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 8:33:56 PM UTC+1, Sean Corfield wrote: > > Didier wrote on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 11:08 AM: > > Why not make new versions of Clojure support the latest Java version and > JDK features > > > Since Clojure 1.7 (and 1.8) run on Java 8 quite happily, I assume you mean > "Why not drop support for earlier Java versions with each new version of > Clojure"? > > The answer — for any situation like this — is that many companies are slow > to upgrade fundamental infrastructure like the JVM because they have so > many things that rely on it, so it is a major exercise. For Clojure to be > adopted by such companies, it needs to run on their existing JVM > infrastructure. > > Dropping support for older JVM versions is therefore a Big Deal(™) and can > not be undertaken lightly. A lot of software generally tries to support > current plus two versions back which would mean Java 6 support should > likely stay until Java 9 is GA (although it’s true that there is also a lot > of software that only supports current plus one version back). > > Bear in mind that there are many companies still running Windows XP > because upgrading is such an expensive business (in time and effort, as > well as any actual costs)! > > Sean Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "Perfection is the enemy of the good." > -- Gustave Flaubert, French realist novelist (1821-1880) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
