Re: Moving to Java 7 ( was: Make ResourceResolver implement Closeable)

[Robert Munteanu <ro...@apache.org>]

On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 18:08 +0300, Robert Munteanu wrote:
> 
> On May 29, 2015 5:55 PM, "Daniel Klco" <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Considering that Oracle is already stopped public updates for both 
> Java 6
> > and that the Premium Support ends December 2015, it would seem to 
> make
> > sense to standardize on Java 7 for new development and change 
> everything
> > over at the end of the year.
> That would be nice. However, there's also IBM and HP and they don't 
> follow the same support policies as Oracle.
> Robert

I removed support for sling.java.version = 5 and made 6 the default.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-4772

Robert

> >
> > Either way this shakes out, we should create a Java support 
> schedule to
> > make sure it's clear to users and contributors what versions are 
> supported,
> > default and end of life across the Sling Launchpad versions.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:31 AM, Carsten Ziegeler <
> cziegeler@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Am 29.05.15 um 11:23 schrieb Stefan Seifert:
> > > > it's just that we cannot use features like Closeable when we 
> still
> > > support JDK 1.6.
> > >
> > > Yepp, that's why I said, if it makes sense for a bundle to be 
> based on
> > > 1.7 then we're free to do it.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > if we do not want switch to JDK 1.7 now perhaps we should come 
> up with a
> > > plan/roadmap when
> > > > to do the switch and document it on the website, then it is 
> possible
> > > for upstream projects to take this into account.
> > >
> > > The launchpad already requires Java 7, and everything runs on 
> Java 7.
> > > It's just that we should not blindly update everything to depend 
> on 7
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Carsten
> > > --
> > > Carsten Ziegeler
> > > Adobe Research Switzerland
> > > cziegeler@apache.org
> > >