I seems reasonable to go with Java 7 but I would not hesitate to switch to Java 8 if it makes the job easier.
Gary On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Commons VFS is still in Subversion. We're going to need a new Git repo > regardless. I can do an import for that repo like I did for Pool, but I > need PMC help to complete the transition. > > Also, I was thinking about which Java version to support. Java 7 is > obviously the minimum due to the API being added there, and it doesn't look > like there was anything new added in Java 8 for NIO (other than an improved > SelectorProvider implementation on Solaris, but that's not a public API). I > don't see any additions in Java 9, either. Now I prefer using Java 8 for > development, but as there appears to be no specific reason to use Java 8 > for this version, we could really go either way. Using Java 7 makes more > sense for creating FileSystemProvider implementations, though depending on > any additional APIs added, I don't know if it'll turn out that supporting > Java 8 APIs will be all that useful. > > On 16 March 2017 at 02:39, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Why not a new branch in the existing repo? > > > > Benedikt > > > > Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> schrieb am Do. 16. März 2017 um > > 06:54: > > > > > Yes, and here we are with Java 9 at our doorstep. Time flies. > > > > > > I would recommend that you create a commons-vfs3 git repo for this as > you > > > will only be able to borrow some code. A lot will be different. > > > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2017, at 8:12 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ralph has mentioned in the past an idea about rewriting commons-vfs > > using > > > > java.nio.file from Java 7. I was playing with this API today > attempting > > > to > > > > abstract some S3 file operations using < > > > > https://github.com/Upplication/Amazon-S3-FileSystem-NIO2> and found > > that > > > > the API is pretty nice. OpenJDK already contains implementations for > > the > > > > normal file system and zip files if I recall correctly (so probably > > also > > > > jar files). > > > > > > > > Anyways, if we were to go forward with starting work on this, should > we > > > > just make a commons-vfs3 branch in the vfs repo? Or does this belong > in > > > the > > > > sandbox? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> Spring Batch in Action <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
