Le jeu. 12 août 2021 à 19:07, Alex Herbert <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 17:13, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Java 8 should the minimum IMO.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 10:51 Gilles Sadowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > Given
> > > 1. the next release cannot support Java 6 for technical reasons,
> > > 2. information provided by Oracle[1],
> > > I don't think that we should go through a release that supports
> > > Java 7 just because there is free support for another few months.
> > >
> > > Indeed, if an application still requires Java 7, it is not realistic to
> > > assume that its developers would want to modify it in order to use
> > > new features provided by [RNG].
> > >
> > > Since we want to (and have to before next July) upgrade to Java 8
> > > just after that release, having an official release stuck at Java 7 in
> > > the meantime, could entail an unwanted mess in case we'd need to
> > > provide a point release.
> >
>
> This makes sense given the timeframe of support and limited options for a
> point release.
>
> +1.
>
> RNG-158 bumped the version to Java 1.7 [1]. Should we update that ticket or
> create a new one?
I've created
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-162
Thanks,
Gilles
>
> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RNG-158
>
>
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > Gilles
> > >
> > > [1]
> > https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html
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