How long until javac removes -source and -target 1.7? They already removed 1.6 in Java 12. At some point, we'll be forced to upgrade just to remain source compatible with recent compilers. That's likely not for another year or more, though, so not an immediate problem; just something to consider for long term.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 09:53, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 14:51, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > On 2019-04-16, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 9:39 AM Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > >> As long as using Java 7 doesn't hurt us, I don't see any reason to > > >> update. > > > > > Using old dead versions of Java turns off potential contributors IMO. > > > You have to go dig around and install an archived version of the JDK > > > which Oracle has EOLed. > > > > How so? You can build Compress with Java 13 and nobody is going to stop > > you. If you happen to use a feature of something not supported in Java 7 > > then this may point to a reason to switch. > > > > > Not only that but you can't use the more modern features and APIs. > > > > This sounds as if you believed switching to more modern language > > constructs and APIs would magically attract collaborators. Been there, > > see the dead compress-2 branch, and don't buy this anymore. > > > > Note I haven't cast any vote (and this is not a vote at all), I just > > don't see any reason to add requirements as long as doing so doesn't > > provide any benefits. As soon as it does, I'll be happy to switch. > > +1, well put. > > > Stefan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
