Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] jdt.core move to Java 7 BREE

[Ed Willink <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I think that this thread is about both.

Nobody has advanced a strong argument for retaining Java 6 support, so we can move on without upsetting anybody.

Doug: if you examine the tabulated per-plugin BREEs in the platform project plan you will see a clear indication that jdt.core is 1.6. (The only 1.7 is the filesystem.java7 bundle.)

Therefore IMHO this change should have been announced:

a) because it was a change to the platform project plan
b) because it clearly has an impact on many other projects

    Regards

        Ed Willink

On 05/03/2015 01:02, Ian Bull wrote:

Is this thread about what minimum BREE to use, or is it about announcing changes to this? I agree with most people here that Java 7 is a sensible minimum BREE for Mars, but I get the sense that this thread was more about how / where these changes are announced.

Cheers,

Ian

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Gunnar Wagenknecht <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Am 04.03.2015 um 13:53 schrieb Mike Milinkovich <mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On 04/03/2015 4:15 PM, Martin Lippert wrote:
>> I am not sure whether this “end of public updates” date reflects what is going on inside organizations.
>> Oracle still offers support for Java6 until Dec 2015, and extended support for Dec 2018.
>>
>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html#java-commercial-offerings
>
> Sure. And I'm also sure if you pay Microsoft enough money you can get support for Windows XP as well. That doesn't make it current.

And we have a solution for this too --> LTS. If someone wants support for Eclipse for an older version of Java, then LTS would be the obvious recommendation. :)

> I guess we just need to come up with a common definition of what we mean by "current version".

I say: it should be every version receiving security updates public and free accessible for the community (committers, contributors and users). As of May 2015, Java 7 will fall out of that list. But that's just my two cents.

-Gunnar

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