Re: [VOTE] Sunsetting support for Java 8

[Camilla Haase <ca...@oracle.com>]

+1

Wish I could find time to help with the doc work.

Kim

On 6/25/2017 11:30 AM, Rick Hillegas wrote:
> Please vote on the following proposed policy for supported platforms. 
> The polls close at 5:00 pm San Francisco time on Sunday July 9.
> 
> A) The 10.14 release notes will tell users that 10.14 is the last 
> release which supports Java 8. Note that we have already sunsetted 
> support for Java 7.
> 
> B) The 10.15 release will support Java 9 and higher. After releasing 
> 10.14, the development trunk will no longer support Java 8.
> 
> C) We expect that maintenance releases on a branch will continue to 
> support the same Java versions as the initial feature release cut from 
> that branch.
> 
> Adopting this policy would result in the following changes to the 10.15 
> trunk:
> 
> I) Removing build support for Java 8.
> 
> II) Purging user doc references to Java 8.
> 
> 

Re: [VOTE] Sunsetting support for Java 8

[Kristian Waagan <kr...@apache.org>]

+1

-- 
Kristian

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On 6/25/2017 11:30 AM, Rick Hillegas wrote:
> > Please vote on the following proposed policy for supported platforms.
> > The polls close at 5:00 pm San Francisco time on Sunday July 9.
> >
> > A) The 10.14 release notes will tell users that 10.14 is the last
> > release which supports Java 8. Note that we have already sunsetted
> > support for Java 7.
> >
> > B) The 10.15 release will support Java 9 and higher. After releasing
> > 10.14, the development trunk will no longer support Java 8.
> >
> > C) We expect that maintenance releases on a branch will continue to
> > support the same Java versions as the initial feature release cut from
> > that branch.
> >
> > Adopting this policy would result in the following changes to the 10.15
> > trunk:
> >
> > I) Removing build support for Java 8.
> >
> > II) Purging user doc references to Java 8.
> >
> >
>