[Codec] Java 8, Base45

2021-08-06 Thread Gary Gregory
Hi All, I just noticed that Codec still requires Java 7. I will bump that to 8 and bring in the Base 45 code that was discussed on the mailing list a while back between now and the this weekend. Gary

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-28 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Am Fr., 22. März 2019 um 16:13 Uhr schrieb Gary Gregory < garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > Hi All, > > Now that Codec 1.12 is out, I plan on updating from Java 7 to Java 8. > +1 > > Gary >

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-26 Thread Matt Sicker
If it were easier to maintain branches against various releases of Java, perhaps this wouldn't be as much of an issue. Also, philosophically, I'm already at the point where I consider Java 8 to be the "old" version of Java that's considered a bare minimum, and new/existing projects should be runni

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-26 Thread Bruno P. Kinoshita
Indeed. I worked in a bank and in a research company, where in both at least one department was stuck in an old version for issues with the code base or environment policies/decisions. Agree not the best choice, but sometimes developers simply cannot immediately upgrade jvm. Some managers may ev

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-26 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
generally vote for updates only to releases where no Läger number of requested bugfixes is shipped. Gruss Bernd -- http://bernd.eckenfels.net Von: Matt Sicker Gesendet: Dienstag, März 26, 2019 8:01 PM An: Commons Developers List Betreff: Re: [codec] Java 8 I&#

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-26 Thread sebb
On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 19:01, Matt Sicker wrote: > > I'd like to know what developers are both stuck in Java 7 (or earlier) > and also have the liberty to upgrade any of their dependencies > regardless of compatibility concerns. My thoughts are that being stuck > in the past for one dependency ten

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-26 Thread Matt Sicker
I'd like to know what developers are both stuck in Java 7 (or earlier) and also have the liberty to upgrade any of their dependencies regardless of compatibility concerns. My thoughts are that being stuck in the past for one dependency tends to leak into every other dependency for the same underlyi

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-23 Thread Pascal Schumacher
Am 22. März 2019 19:56:29 MEZ schrieb Gary Gregory : >On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:53 PM sebb wrote: > >> I see no reason to update to Java 8 unless continuing with Java 7 >> becomes a big hassle. >> >> Why penalise people stuck on Java 7 unnecessarily? >> > >I see it the other way around: Why do

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread sebb
On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 18:56, Gary Gregory wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:53 PM sebb wrote: > > > I see no reason to update to Java 8 unless continuing with Java 7 > > becomes a big hassle. > > > > Why penalise people stuck on Java 7 unnecessarily? > > > > I see it the other way around: Why

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread Gary Gregory
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:53 PM sebb wrote: > I see no reason to update to Java 8 unless continuing with Java 7 > becomes a big hassle. > > Why penalise people stuck on Java 7 unnecessarily? > I see it the other way around: Why do we want to handcuff new development on a dead platforms? For new

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread sebb
I see no reason to update to Java 8 unless continuing with Java 7 becomes a big hassle. Why penalise people stuck on Java 7 unnecessarily? On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 15:31, Rob Tompkins wrote: > > That seems reasonable. > > > On Mar 22, 2019, at 11:23 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > > This comes up f

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread Rob Tompkins
That seems reasonable. > On Mar 22, 2019, at 11:23 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > This comes up from time to time and I can only offer my usual "if you want > support for a dead version of Java, feel free to provide a PR" We can > always provide 1.12.1 for Java 7 security fixes or other fixes deem

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread Gary Gregory
This comes up from time to time and I can only offer my usual "if you want support for a dead version of Java, feel free to provide a PR" We can always provide 1.12.1 for Java 7 security fixes or other fixes deemed important enough. Gary On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:20 AM Rob Tompkins wrote: > +1

Re: [codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread Rob Tompkins
+1, but there are considerable projects out there that would want us to maintain backwards compatibility with Java 7. > On Mar 22, 2019, at 11:12 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Hi All, > > Now that Codec 1.12 is out, I plan on updating from Java 7 to Java 8. > > Gary --

[codec] Java 8

2019-03-22 Thread Gary Gregory
Hi All, Now that Codec 1.12 is out, I plan on updating from Java 7 to Java 8. Gary