<font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have not found anywhere to suggest JDK
7 should not work with Java EE7. If you feel the links cannot be trusted,
please reach out to the spec lead of Java EE7 for confirmation. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Many thanks,<br>
Emily<br>
===========================<br>
Emily Jiang<br>
WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development Lead</font>
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Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB<br>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Emily Jiang <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org,
J J SNYDER <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, Weld <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">27/02/2018 09:10</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [weld-dev]
To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld 2.4?</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Comments inline<br>
<br>
Matej<br>
<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: "Emily Jiang" <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com><br>
> To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn@redhat.com><br>
> Cc: "J J SNYDER" <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, "Weld"
<weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>, weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<br>
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 8:55:34 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld
2.4?<br>
> <br>
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> From a Java EE point of view, the Java EE 7 specification requires
at<br>
> least Java SE 7.<br>
<br>
I wouldn't put much trust into a blogpost.<br>
Anyhow the article basically encourages you to use JDK 8 features with
EE7.<br>
<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> </font></tt><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.oracle.com_technetwork_java_javaee_documentation_javaee7sdk-2Dinstall-2D1957708.html&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=jt2y5_gH2oPaja8Vt6NzAZV-iEo6D2jiWeuVYs0H-1U&m=WwUnL75bbDfd3jBO7s2nVMyMKtrk44mihm7sMBQ5sfU&s=0-sFiZ0WWkNTqsVlOJlimNZp6yFqMYKm3aD-34m-hhk&e="><tt><font size=2>https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.oracle.com_technetwork_java_javaee_documentation_javaee7sdk-2Dinstall-2D1957708.html&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=jt2y5_gH2oPaja8Vt6NzAZV-iEo6D2jiWeuVYs0H-1U&m=WwUnL75bbDfd3jBO7s2nVMyMKtrk44mihm7sMBQ5sfU&s=0-sFiZ0WWkNTqsVlOJlimNZp6yFqMYKm3aD-34m-hhk&e=</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br>
> <br>
> Installing the Software<br>
> Requirements<br>
> Java EE 7 SDK distributions require JDK 7 Update 65 and above or JDK
8<br>
> Update 20 and above.<br>
<br>
Java EE 7 SDK != Java EE impl. Besides it says you can use 7 or 8 and recommends
latest JDK release anyway.<br>
I was expecting these limitations to be present in EE umbrella spec or
something like that (imposing minimal version on implementations) but found
none so far.<br>
<br>
> <br>
> Many thanks,<br>
> Emily<br>
> ===========================<br>
> Emily Jiang<br>
> WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development Lead<br>
> <br>
> MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN<br>
> Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278<br>
> <br>
> Email: emijiang@uk.ibm.com<br>
> Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> From: Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com><br>
> To: Emily Jiang <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com><br>
> Cc: weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org, J J SNYDER<br>
> <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, Weld <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org><br>
> Date: 26/02/2018 16:00<br>
> Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not
to drop JDK 7 support for<br>
> Weld 2.4?<br>
> Sent by: weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> > as Java EE7 requires the minimum Java version being 7.<br>
> <br>
> I was actually trying to find this somewhere.<br>
> Can you point to *exactly* where this is stated?<br>
> I was unable to find such statement.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Matej<br>
> <br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > From: "Emily Jiang" <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com><br>
> > To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn@redhat.com><br>
> > Cc: "John D. Ament" <john.d.ament@gmail.com>,
"J J SNYDER"<br>
> <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, "Weld"<br>
> > <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>, weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<br>
> > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 4:45:33 PM<br>
> > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support
for Weld<br>
> 2.4?<br>
> > <br>
> > Hi Matej,<br>
> > <br>
> > My vote is "not to drop JDK 7 support", as Java EE7
requires the minimum<br>
> > Java version being 7. If you remove the JDK7 support, this will
have big<br>
> > impact to the customer who are currently use JDK7.<br>
> > <br>
> > Weld 3.x requires JDK 8, which is understandable.<br>
> > <br>
> > Many thanks,<br>
> > Emily<br>
> > ===========================<br>
> > Emily Jiang<br>
> > WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development
Lead<br>
> > <br>
> > MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN<br>
> > Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278<br>
> > <br>
> > Email: emijiang@uk.ibm.com<br>
> > Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > From: Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com><br>
> > To: "John D. Ament" <john.d.ament@gmail.com><br>
> > Cc: J J SNYDER <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, Weld<br>
> > <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org><br>
> > Date: 26/02/2018 13:05<br>
> > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or
not to drop JDK 7 support for<br>
> > Weld 2.4?<br>
> > Sent by: weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > Valid point, it would definitely make sense to raise minor version
in<br>
> this<br>
> > case.<br>
> > <br>
> > We are unsure if we will actually remove jdk 7 sipport, but at
this<br>
> point<br>
> > any request for backport<br>
> > or any attempt at support for newer java versions presents a<br>
> considerable<br>
> > pain because of JDK 7 support.<br>
> > Therefore I concluded I will ask on this mail and see if it would
be ok<br>
> to<br>
> > eventually remove the support.<br>
> > <br>
> > Matej<br>
> > <br>
> > ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > > From: "John D. Ament" <john.d.ament@gmail.com><br>
> > > To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn@redhat.com><br>
> > > Cc: "Weld" <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>, "J
J SNYDER"<br>
> > <j.j.snyder@oracle.com><br>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 1:38:39 PM<br>
> > > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support
for Weld<br>
> > 2.4?<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Seems weird to me that you would drop JDK support in a patch
fix on<br>
> > 2.4.x.<br>
> > > Seems more appropriate to keep 2.4.x on JDK 7, 2.5.x (if
you ever<br>
> create<br>
> > > it) on JDK 8. 3.0.x already requires JDK 8.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:18 AM Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > > Hello everyone,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > as you probably know, Weld 2.4 (CDI 1.2 impl) currently
supports<br>
> even<br>
> > JDK<br>
> > > > 7.<br>
> > > > We are currently considering dropping this limitation
and moving to<br>
> > JDK 8<br>
> > > > as minimal version.<br>
> > > > >From what we know, some servers (such as WildFly)
already require<br>
> > Java 8<br>
> > > > to even boot up so this limitation is pretty much pointless
there.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Therefore, please let us know if dropping JDK 7 support
presents a<br>
> > problem<br>
> > > > for you or if you see any other reason for Weld 2.4
to stay JDK 7<br>
> > > > compatible.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Regards<br>
> > > > Matej<br>
> > > > _______________________________________________<br>
> > > > weld-dev mailing list<br>
> > > > weld-dev@lists.jboss.org<br>
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> > <br>
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