[eclipselink-dev] HEADS-UP: Master/2.7 requires JDK 8 for build (was: Re

[Lukas Jungmann <lukas.jungmann@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

   Patch has been applied and master now requires JDK 8 for build & run.

Thanks,
--lukas

On 4/16/15 4:51 PM, Lukas Jungmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    since I haven't heard any objections, I plan to switch our 
> master/2.7 to JDK 8 tomorrow. The patch I'm going to apply is attached 
> in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=464795
>
> Thanks,
> --lukas
>
> On 4/10/15 4:37 PM, Lukas Jungmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >    with increasing adoption of JDK 8 it is becoming harder to provide 
> > support for new features/APIs there while still keeping JDK 7 
> > compatibility [1].
> >
> > Therefore I'd like to switch our current master/2.7 to JDK 8 and have:
> > EclipseLink 2.5.x targeting users on JDK 6+
> > EclipseLink 2.6.x targeting users on JDK 7+
> > EclipseLink 2.7.x targeting users on JDK 8+
> >
> > Does anyone have a strong reason to NOT do the switch to JDK 8 on 
> > master/2.7?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --lukas
> >
> > [1]: see ie https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=446236 
> > which will be easy to fix on JDK 8 but is not feasible to fix while 
> > keeping JDK 7 compliance
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