My 2 cents are: BeanUtils is often used in the EE ecosystem EE 9.1 targets 8/11, EE 10 targets 11/17, EE 11 targets 17 or higher.
People are still doing the EE8 to 9.1/10 move (thanks to the name change). So perhaps 11 or 17 would be a good fit for a baseline version. Gruß Richard Am 14. September 2024 00:00:48 MESZ schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: >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 >
