On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:

> For more compelling arguments to stay on R7, see comments from laeubi
> :
> https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/pull/676#pullrequestreview-3375101757

Arguments 1-4 in that post reduce to the common fallacy that old ==
bad. They are not remotely convincing.

Argument 5 is a maybe, though personally I think maintaining broader
compatibility is more helpful to developers. If R6 actively broke in
newer Java versions, it would be a little more convincing.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold
[email protected]

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