On 18.05.2018 14:40, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 02:36:06PM +0200, Branko Čibej wrote: >> On 18.05.2018 14:34, Stefan Sperling wrote: >>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 08:22:46AM -0400, James McCoy wrote: >>>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 09:46:41AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote: >>>>> Elsewhere in this discussion thread it was suggested to raise the >>>>> minimum JDK version requirement to Java 1.8. >>>>> Your statement "please keep backward compatibility with older JDKs" >>>>> could mean anything between "please leave everything as it is now" to >>>>> "bumping the minimum requirement to Java 1.8 is absolutely fine with me". >>>>> >>>>> This requirement would be introduced for Subversion 1.11. >>>>> Can you explain which versions of OS X / JDK you expect to support when >>>>> Subversion 1.11 will be released in probably 2 to 3 years from now? >>>> No one would be able to build the stable release of Subversion with JDK >>>> 10 for 2 to 3 years? >>>> >>>> Supporting both pre-8 and post-8 JDKs wouldn't be trivial. I've been >>>> working under the assumption that we can bump up to JDK 8 and backport >>>> that change to 1.10. >>>> >>>> If that's not going to be the case, should my current work still go to >>>> trunk? Then someone can find the time to adapt things to also work with >>>> pre-8 JDK? >>> I think you should aim to proceed with your plan as it was. >>> If anyone has strong objections to this, they should be constructive and >>> try to provide an alternative solution without pushing an additional >>> burden on you. >> Given that Java 6 and 7 are obsolete ... I think it won't hurt to make >> Java 8 the oldest supported version on the 1.10.x branch. >> -- Brane > Yes, I agree. > > Sorry for confusing the matter by mentioning 1.11. > I was just responding to the vaguely worded request from Syntevo and > I hadn't read the context of this entire discussion thread yet. > > We would normally not change minimum dependency versions within a > stable release branch but this looks like a case where we can make > a reasonable exception to this rule.
Java 8 is the earliest available for Mac OS from Oracle, unless you really, really try hard to find Apple's Java 6 installer — which is only needed for running some seriously obsolete software. The other platforms where requiring Java 8 /might/ be a problem is the infamous RHEL, which tends to be years behind the times. However, they have ancient Subversion as well, so ... pooh. -- Brane
