I don’t understand this. Log4j2 was one of the first adopters of multi-release jars. There were problems in the beginning but those have virtually all been resolved. We haven’t had any complaints in ages. Log4j 2 2.14.1 supports Java 8.
Fully supporting JPMS (i.e. - adding a module-info.java file) while trying to support Java 8 is another thing entirely. I gave up on that and the minimum JDK version for that will be Java 11. Ralph > On Jun 13, 2021, at 3:37 PM, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I want to start using Java 11 and take advantage of Java Modules. But > with a bug in Java Multi-Jar not supporting 1.8 as base and 11 upon that, > and most dependencies I want to upgrade eventually get stuck on a commons > project holding a pure JPMS solution. > > Potentially someone raise an enhancement to drop support for Java 1.8 which > isn't happening for Java 17, but for Java 18 which is only 8 month away it > could happen. So at that point it might be a shock for commons projects as > you might be blocking open source projects, or they roll off commons > projects... just a thought. > > I've tried to do a seamless upgrade, or suggest a roadmap, but haven't got > anywhere, but think I might just raise a JEP to drop 1.8 in Java 18... > > John > > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 14:07, Gilles Sadowski <gillese...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
