On 16/08/2020 15:45, sebb wrote: > I've pushed change to the pom which allows compilation on Java14. > > Will that suffice?
That certainly works for me. Thanks for doing this. Mark > > On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 15:29, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 11:13, Xeno Amess <xenoam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I suddenly arise a good idea... >>> How about >>> 1. we release a java 7 version of this repo. >>> 2. we wait for user argue about this. >> >> That has already happened ... >> >> As noted earlier in this thread, Tomcat needs a version that compiles on >> Java 6 >> >>> 3. if no users argue about this, we just go forward to 7. Otherwise, we >>> re-consider about this. >> >> >>> >>> Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> 于 2020年8月16日周日 下午6:08写道： >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
