I think that for now I am leaning towards staying on Java 8. Gary
On Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 3:42 AM Xeno Amess <xenoam...@gmail.com> wrote: > for 90%+ normal user each version under which spring using be OK > ________________________________ > From: Richard Zowalla <rich...@zowalla.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 12:59:15 PM > To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [beanutils] Java plaform for 2.0 > > 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 > > >
