On Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 22:01, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The age does not really matter Elric, it's the percentage of people using a > platform. See the links in my previous email. I think the highest we can go > is 17, but that's just me.
According to the 3rd link, Java version usage in 2024 is 7 - 0.2% 8 - 28.8% 11 - 32.9% 17 - 35.4% 21 - 1.4% Here is the list showing the percentages that will no longer be supported by choosing a particular version: 7 - 0% 8 - 0.2% 11 - 29% 17 - 61.9% 21 - 97.3% Bigger is definitely not better here. > Gary > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 4:11 PM Elric <el...@melnib.one> wrote: > > > On 12/09/2024 19:21, Gary D. Gregory wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Any thoughts on the minimum Java platform requirement for 2.0? > > > > > > Options are (IMO): 8, 11, 17, or 21. > > > > I have no vote, but I would go for 21. This will likely be a decision > > that will have an impact for a long time. 21 is 1 year old, 17 is 3 > > years old, 11 is already already 6 years old, and 8 is over 10 years old. > > > > People can continue to use 1.x if they are stuck on ancient Java > > versions, but there should be no need to for any major release of any > > commons project to stick to older versions. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
