On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 18:56, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:53 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I see no reason to update to Java 8 unless continuing with Java 7 > > becomes a big hassle. > > > > Why penalise people stuck on Java 7 unnecessarily? > > > > I see it the other way around: Why do we want to handcuff new development > on a dead platforms? For new contributors, this is a huge turn off.
Code written for Java 7 still runs on Java 8+ Java 7 is not dead in that sense. > Gary > > > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 15:31, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > That seems reasonable. > > > > > > > On Mar 22, 2019, at 11:23 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > This comes up from time to time and I can only offer my usual "if you > > want > > > > support for a dead version of Java, feel free to provide a PR" We can > > > > always provide 1.12.1 for Java 7 security fixes or other fixes deemed > > > > important enough. > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:20 AM Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> +1, but there are considerable projects out there that would want us > > to > > > >> maintain backwards compatibility with Java 7. > > > >> > > > >>> On Mar 22, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> Hi All, > > > >>> > > > >>> Now that Codec 1.12 is out, I plan on updating from Java 7 to Java 8. > > > >>> > > > >>> Gary > > > >> > > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
