Le jeu. 10 juin 2021 à 14:42, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> If the tests are valid and useful once post Java 1.8, what about
> starting the next release branch where the min version bumps to Java
> 11.

[Numbers] and related components were meant to replace and
improve some functionalities provided in [Math] v3.6.1 whose
target was Java 5 (!).
A few years ago, the bump to Java 8 was considered a bold move
(for "Commons"). :-}

If we are sure that Java 11 is no problem for anyone who'd go
through the upgrade effort, then indeed why not?

Gilles

> As Java 17 starting ramp down starts today I believe so in 3 months we
> will have 3 LTS (1.8, 11 and 17) releases. So technically Java 18
> development starts tomorrow and I expect 1.8 will be dropped shortly
> from backwards support as they want to get off the classpath fully and
> onto the modules path.
>
> Anyway, just a thought.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 12:05, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I've updated the RELEASE-NOTES accordingly (feel free to tweak the text)
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 00:58, Alex Herbert <alex.d.herb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have removed the requirement for Java 9 from the build. It is still used
> > > in the performance testing module.
> > >
> > > Alex

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