This is a good general assumption that legacy installations do not care about new releases, however there is one quite common problem, if they wait for Commons Bugfixes they will be unhappy if a minor Release no longer works in their environment (and they would have to recompile). That’s why I generally vote for updates only to releases where no Läger number of requested bugfixes is shipped.
Gruss Bernd -- http://bernd.eckenfels.net ________________________________ Von: Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> Gesendet: Dienstag, März 26, 2019 8:01 PM An: Commons Developers List Betreff: Re: [codec] Java 8 I'd like to know what developers are both stuck in Java 7 (or earlier) and also have the liberty to upgrade any of their dependencies regardless of compatibility concerns. My thoughts are that being stuck in the past for one dependency tends to leak into every other dependency for the same underlying reasons. On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 06:27, Pascal Schumacher <pascalschumac...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > > Am 22. März 2019 19:56:29 MEZ schrieb Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > >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. > > +1 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
