Deprecating modules in 2.x

2023-09-09 Thread Piotr P. Karwasz
Hi all, In a Slack discussion Volkan proposed (among other things) to: * raise the Java requirements in 3.x to Java 17. It is the same requirement as Spring Boot 3.x has, so I don't see a reason to lower the bar. Besides Java 21 will be an LTS. * deprecate some modules in 2.x and drop them in 3

Re: Deprecating modules in 2.x

2023-09-09 Thread Gary Gregory
Hi All. > * raise the Java requirements in 3.x to Java 17. +1 fine w/ me. FWIW, my day job is migrating from Java 11 to 17 ATM. > * deprecate some modules in 2.x and drop them in 3.0.x, restore them if a > user requests it in 3.1.x. This feels arbitrary. First, we say 100k downloads, but then we

Re: Deprecating modules in 2.x

2023-09-09 Thread Apache
I agree with everything Gary says on this one. Furthermore, I still believe some of these should move to their own repo. Ralph > On Sep 9, 2023, at 6:51 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Hi All. > >> * raise the Java requirements in 3.x to Java 17. > +1 fine w/ me. FWIW, my day job is migrating f

Re: Deprecating modules in 2.x

2023-09-09 Thread Piotr P. Karwasz
Hi Gary, On Sat, 9 Sept 2023 at 15:51, Gary Gregory wrote: > > * raise the Java requirements in 3.x to Java 17. > +1 fine w/ me. FWIW, my day job is migrating from Java 11 to 17 ATM. Nice to hear that. IIRC you were on Java 8 for a long time. > > * deprecate some modules in 2.x and drop them in

Re: Deprecating modules in 2.x

2023-09-09 Thread Gary Gregory
Please do not drop appserver, mongodb4, jdbc-dbcp2. Gary On Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 11:43 AM Piotr P. Karwasz wrote: > Hi Gary, > > On Sat, 9 Sept 2023 at 15:51, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > * raise the Java requirements in 3.x to Java 17. > > +1 fine w/ me. FWIW, my day job is migrating from Java 11 t

Re: Deprecating modules in 2.x

2023-09-09 Thread Piotr P. Karwasz
Hi Gary, On Sat, 9 Sept 2023 at 18:07, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Please do not drop appserver, mongodb4, jdbc-dbcp2. What part of `appserver` are you using: Tomcat or Jetty 9.x? Should we keep Jetty 9.x support in 3.x (Jetty 10.x uses SLF4J and is not Jakartified). I like the way this is going, s