> On Aug 16, 2020, at 6:08 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 15/08/2020 19:00, Gary Gregory wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 1:14 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org >> <mailto: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.
:-| that’s bonkers….but I recall Christopher Shultz saying as much. -Rob > >> 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 > <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > <mailto:dev-h...@commons.apache.org>
