I'd like to propose an orderly migration assume BC is preserved: - Release 3.5 RC as scheduled this weekend - Release 3.6 with Java 7 changes - Release 3.7 with Java 8 changes
This will give us an opportunity to do some Java 7 work and put that out without leaving Java 7-only folks out of the picture. Gary On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 to be brave and make Lang 3.6 be Java 8, so Lambda helpers can join > here. I have a couple of Stream helpers that could also fit in there. > > > > On 21 September 2016 at 18:19, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@bpm-inspire.com> schrieb am Mi., 21. Sep. > >> 2016 um 16:55 Uhr: > >> > >> > Jan Matèrne (jhm) wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > >> We could also have Lamda utility classes in [lang], the classes > would > >> > >> target Java 8 while the other classes would remain at the Java 6 > level > >> > >> (this implies compiling the classes separately and recombining > them in > >> > >> the final jar). > >> > > > >> > > From a users point of view I would search in commons-lang for > language > >> > > "extensions". But this kind of building would be ... complex. > >> > > >> > No, it's a quite simple configuration with Maven. However, you have > to be > >> > prepared for users running into problems using the resulting jar file: > >> > > >> > 1/ in Android, because the Dalvik compiler is not able to convert the > >> > classes targeting Java 8 > >> > > >> > 2/ in Web/App Servers running with Java 7 or below that scan the > >> libraries > >> > in the classpath for annotations > >> > > >> > >> I still think we should use Commons Functor for this kind of > functionality. > >> Commons Lang originally only hosted extensions to the java.lang package. > >> Over time more and more stuff creeped in (reflect, concurrent, text). We > >> responded to that by creating Commons Text and Commons Functor. I think > >> small focused components are the right direction instead of putting even > >> more stuff into Commons Lang. I hope to have some time to work on Text > and > >> Functor after I'm done with the Commons Lang 3.5 release... :) > >> > > > > Once [lang] 3.5 is out, I think we should update [lang] to Java 7. We > could > > talk about going directly to Java 8. > > > > Lambdas are a core Java feature, it feel to me like it belongs in [lang]. > > [functor] feels like something that should only be for pre-Java 8. > > > > Gary > > > >> > >> Regards, > >> Benedikt > >> > >> > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > Jörg > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > > <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > -- > Stian Soiland-Reyes > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
