Re: [compress] Update Java version

+1 for Java6. On 9 April 2016 at 05:30, Gary Gregory wrote: > Java 6 seems like a no brainer IMO. > > G > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > >> On 2016-04-08, Gary Gregory wrote: >> >> > I think it would be good to use try-with-resources in our tests and for >> > users too

Re: [compress] Update Java version

Java 6 seems like a no brainer IMO. G On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > On 2016-04-08, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > I think it would be good to use try-with-resources in our tests and for > > users too. > > > Thoughts on updating to Java 7? Or, gasp, Java 8? > > I've had to f

Re: [compress] Update Java version

On 2016-04-08, Gary Gregory wrote: > I think it would be good to use try-with-resources in our tests and for > users too. > Thoughts on updating to Java 7? Or, gasp, Java 8? I've had to fix some Java6ism a couple of times after applying patches like @Override on interface implementations - I eve

Re: [compress] Update Java version

Oracle claims “extended support” for Java 6 until the end of 2018[1], so there are still going to be a few environments out there that benefit from Java 6 support. That said, there are some more disruptive changes that could take advantage of new Java 7 APIs: For something like COMPRESS-327 it

Re: [compress] Update Java version

On 8 April 2016 at 19:23, Gary Gregory wrote: > I think it would be good to use try-with-resources in our tests and for > users too. Does not affect users directly. > Thoughts on updating to Java 7? Why, apart from try with resources? What are the benefits for the end user? > Or, gasp, Java 8

[compress] Update Java version

I think it would be good to use try-with-resources in our tests and for users too. Thoughts on updating to Java 7? Or, gasp, Java 8? Gary -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition JUnit in Action, Sec