Hi Shawn,
Java 8 active support has been EOLed 1 week ago. There is no way we will
go for a pay support, so IMO, the switch to Java 11 or 17 is the way to go.
On 08/04/2022 17:17, Shawn McKinney wrote:
Hello,
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to justify supporting Java 8 in the
fortress codeline. Dependencies like Wicket and JGraphT require 9 and 11,
respectively. Both very important libraries to us.
But, if you still need Java 8 support, we can discuss it here. I’m not opposed
to splitting the code in two.
Version 2.x can continue to support 8, for some predetermined amount of time.
Probably coinciding with the openjdk’s EOF for 8.
Version 3.x will be >= 9.
Obviously, this adds weight to the development of the code. But, we don’t want
to abandon users who continue to require 8.
On the other hand, if there’s no need for 8 support, I’d be more than happy to
cut ties with it. There’s certainly nothing in the fortress code itself that
requires the more primitive compiler.
This is your opportunity to weigh in on the topic.
If we don’t hear anything, there’ll be an announcement declaring Java 8 support
deprecated. Then, we’d probably cut one more release supporting it, 2.0.8, and
then continue on with version 3 dropping its support.
—
Shawn
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