Bumping from 1.2.x to 1.3.0 seems appropriate when we updated from Java 6 to 7.
Gary On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:42 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > On 27/01/2022 22:29, Mark Thomas wrote: > > Please review the release candidate and vote. > > This vote will close no sooner than 72 hours from now. > > > > [ ] +1 Release these artifacts > > [ ] +0 OK, but... > > [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix... > > [X] -1 I oppose this release because... > > The minimum Java version has been changed since 1.2.4 from Java 6 to > Java 7. This isn't mentioned in the release notes (which explicitly > state Java 6 as the minimum) or the change log. I think we need at least > an RC2 to address these. > > On the same topic, should we increase the version number to 1.3.0? > > On one hand, no-one should even be using Java 6 (or Java 7 but Tomcat 8 > has a mandatory spec requirement to run on Java 7) these days so from > that point of view 1.2.5 doesn't seem unreasonable. On the other, > changing the minimum Java version in a point release doesn't seem right. > I'm leaning towards 1.3.0 but would be happy with 1.2.5 if that is the > consensus. > > Thoughts? > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
