On 15/08/2020 19:00, Gary Gregory wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 1:14 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On 10/08/2020 17:26, Gary Gregory wrote: >>> As recently done for [EMAIL], I propose we update [LOGGING] and [DAEMON] >>> from Java 6 to 7 to streamline building on CIs. >> >> -1 for DAEMON. Tomcat 7 depends on it and has a specification mandated >> requirement to run on Java 6. >> > > Yikes ;-) how long is rein in antiquity planned to last? ;-)
Tomcat 7 EOL is 31 March 2021. Like most major Tomcat versions, it has been supported for ~10 years since the first release. The scary thing is that the users mailing list still sees questions about Tomcat 6 and earlier. > We might need a branch for Tomcat so the project can move ahead in a more > modern setting IMO. Unless there is a feature that NEEDS Java 7, branching is just going to create unnecessary overhead. My experience of DAEMON over that last few years is the most (all?) of the work has been on the native code side. Therefore, I don't see the harm in keeping the Java side on 1.6 for now. If the issue is the inability to build with newer Java versions, I have no issue updating the declared minimum version as long as the Java code remains compilable with/for Java 6. Mark > > Gary > >> >> Are there any features / bugs in Jira that require this increase? >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
