Re: [lang] Failing test on Java 16-EA.

2021-03-20 Thread Gary Gregory
Now that Java 16 is out, we really need to look at this IMO but I would like help from the community. My initial guess that this a JDK bug might be wrong and it could be an issue in our code. Gary On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 22:13 Gary Gregory wrote: > Hi All: > > If you feel so inclined, I'd like h

Re: [exec][email] Java 7 to 8

2021-03-20 Thread Gary Gregory
Thank you for the explainer Ralph :-) Gary On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 13:27 Ralph Goers wrote: > We just concluded this same discussion for Log4j. I looked at the JRebel > 2021 report [1] to gauge the number of people using a particular Java > version. Respondents were able to select multiple versio

Re: [exec][email] Java 7 to 8

2021-03-20 Thread Ralph Goers
We just concluded this same discussion for Log4j. I looked at the JRebel 2021 report [1] to gauge the number of people using a particular Java version. Respondents were able to select multiple versions so the numbers don’t add up to 100%. Java 7 or older.15% Java 8 69% Java

Re: [exec][email] Java 7 to 8

2021-03-20 Thread Gary Gregory
They choose to update not, no one forces updates magically, unless you always pick up the latest by not specifying a version in a POM (bad practice). If they are still on Java 6 or 7, then updating libraries might not be a priority. Gary On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 07:27 John Patrick wrote: > Some c

Re: [exec][email] Java 7 to 8

2021-03-20 Thread John Patrick
Some customers might need to use Java 7, but what about the customers who want to use it on Java 17 which will be in rampdown in 5 months and released in 6 months? Also from memory from conferences ~ 2018/2019 I thought Java 17 was planning on removing the Classpath so everything needed to be Modul