On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:12 PM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I think we should adopt Java 9’s multi-release jars [1] as standard > practice. While this won’t let us update our APIs without breaking > compatibility (which may still be necessary), it will allow us to leverage > some features in newer versions of Java without worrying about breaking > backward compatibility. > > When do you propose we adopt this new feature? As of now, the issue is still listed as "Unresolved" in their issue tracking: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8047305 I'm not saying I'm against the idea (on the surface it sounds pretty interesting). I'm just saying that it doesn't appear to be an option for us at present. We could definitely be one of the early-adopters of this new feature (one a few select components first) and show folks how it's done, once it is available. Common Lang seems like a likely candidate for such a feature.
