Re: [platform-vision] Minimum Java version for Mars+1?

["Max Rydahl Andersen" <manderse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 Feb 2015, at 10:20, Lars Vogel wrote:

> At platform we have a mixture of 1.4 - 1.6 for stuff which goes into 
> the
> SDK. Whenever it makes sense we would upgrade them but so far I avoid
> requiring Java 8 as this would bump up the requirement for the whole 
> SDK.

Okey, but I thought that was your suggestion here ? To say the minimum 
is Java 8 for Mars+1 ?

or did I misunderstand something here ?

/max

> Am 02.02.2015 08:56 schrieb "Max Rydahl Andersen" 
> <manderse@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I'm always torn about the minimal support - what is the minimum java
> > version right now ?
> >
> > I know EPP require Java 7. But is all of platform at that level ?
> >
> > One gotcha I can think of is that if you require Java 8 in eclipse 
> > then
> > you loose
> > support for running Java 7 annotation processors within JDT since 
> > Java 8
> > changed that API.
> >
> > That would be quite a big loss of functionality.
> >
> > /max
> >
> > This should be left to the projects, which can raise the BREE when 
> > needed,
> > > and the EPP providers who best know whether their package really 
> > > needs
> > > Java 8. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=423734 for 
> > > lots
> > > of pros and cons of using the latest JRE version.
> >
> >
> > > There are other JREs around, not just Oracle. Also, those who move 
> > > to Java
> > > 8 drop support Solaris 32-bit.
> > >
> > > Dani
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From:   Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To:     For discussion regarding the future of the platform
> > > <platform-vision@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date:   29.01.2015 14:00
> > > Subject:        [platform-vision] Minimum Java version for Mars+1?
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The Oracle support for Java 7 ends in a few months.
> > >
> > > To modernize the Eclipse source basic (which I think would make 
> > > Eclipse
> > > more attract new contributors) I would like to see Java 8 as minimum
> > > requirement for Eclipse Mars+1.
> > >
> > > What do people think about this?
> > >
> > > Best regards, Lars
> > >
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