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.
Many thanks,
Emily
===========================
Emily Jiang
WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development Lead
MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN
Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278
Email: emijiang@uk.ibm.com
Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB
From:
Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com>
To:
Emily Jiang <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com>
Cc:
weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org,
J J SNYDER <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, Weld <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>
Date:
27/02/2018 09:10
Subject:
Re: [weld-dev]
To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld 2.4?
Sent by:
weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org
Comments inline
Matej
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Emily Jiang" <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com>
> To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn@redhat.com>
> Cc: "J J SNYDER" <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, "Weld"
<weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>, weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 8:55:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld
2.4?
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.oracle.com_theaquarium_java-2Dse-2D8-2Dand-2Djava-2Dee-2D7&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=jt2y5_gH2oPaja8Vt6NzAZV-iEo6D2jiWeuVYs0H-1U&m=WwUnL75bbDfd3jBO7s2nVMyMKtrk44mihm7sMBQ5sfU&s=QlbTEP_j_n3pkn6odb6SSoprT6N-pXZfeWDgDloaJxQ&e=
> From a Java EE point of view, the Java EE 7 specification requires
at
> least Java SE 7.
I wouldn't put much trust into a blogpost.
Anyhow the article basically encourages you to use JDK 8 features with
EE7.
>
>
> 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=
>
> Installing the Software
> Requirements
> Java EE 7 SDK distributions require JDK 7 Update 65 and above or JDK
8
> Update 20 and above.
Java EE 7 SDK != Java EE impl. Besides it says you can use 7 or 8 and recommends
latest JDK release anyway.
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.
>
> Many thanks,
> Emily
> ===========================
> Emily Jiang
> WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development Lead
>
> MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN
> Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278
>
> Email: emijiang@uk.ibm.com
> Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB
>
>
>
>
> From: Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com>
> To: Emily Jiang <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com>
> Cc: weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org, J J SNYDER
> <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, Weld <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>
> Date: 26/02/2018 16:00
> Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not
to drop JDK 7 support for
> Weld 2.4?
> Sent by: weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org
>
>
>
> > as Java EE7 requires the minimum Java version being 7.
>
> I was actually trying to find this somewhere.
> Can you point to *exactly* where this is stated?
> I was unable to find such statement.
>
>
> Matej
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Emily Jiang" <EMIJIANG@uk.ibm.com>
> > To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn@redhat.com>
> > Cc: "John D. Ament" <john.d.ament@gmail.com>,
"J J SNYDER"
> <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, "Weld"
> > <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>, weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org
> > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 4:45:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support
for Weld
> 2.4?
> >
> > Hi Matej,
> >
> > My vote is "not to drop JDK 7 support", as Java EE7
requires the minimum
> > Java version being 7. If you remove the JDK7 support, this will
have big
> > impact to the customer who are currently use JDK7.
> >
> > Weld 3.x requires JDK 8, which is understandable.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Emily
> > ===========================
> > Emily Jiang
> > WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development
Lead
> >
> > MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN
> > Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278
> >
> > Email: emijiang@uk.ibm.com
> > Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com>
> > To: "John D. Ament" <john.d.ament@gmail.com>
> > Cc: J J SNYDER <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>, Weld
> > <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>
> > Date: 26/02/2018 13:05
> > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or
not to drop JDK 7 support for
> > Weld 2.4?
> > Sent by: weld-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org
> >
> >
> >
> > Valid point, it would definitely make sense to raise minor version
in
> this
> > case.
> >
> > We are unsure if we will actually remove jdk 7 sipport, but at
this
> point
> > any request for backport
> > or any attempt at support for newer java versions presents a
> considerable
> > pain because of JDK 7 support.
> > Therefore I concluded I will ask on this mail and see if it would
be ok
> to
> > eventually remove the support.
> >
> > Matej
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John D. Ament" <john.d.ament@gmail.com>
> > > To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn@redhat.com>
> > > Cc: "Weld" <weld-dev@lists.jboss.org>, "J
J SNYDER"
> > <j.j.snyder@oracle.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 1:38:39 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support
for Weld
> > 2.4?
> > >
> > > Seems weird to me that you would drop JDK support in a patch
fix on
> > 2.4.x.
> > > Seems more appropriate to keep 2.4.x on JDK 7, 2.5.x (if
you ever
> create
> > > it) on JDK 8. 3.0.x already requires JDK 8.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:18 AM Matej Novotny <manovotn@redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > as you probably know, Weld 2.4 (CDI 1.2 impl) currently
supports
> even
> > JDK
> > > > 7.
> > > > We are currently considering dropping this limitation
and moving to
> > JDK 8
> > > > as minimal version.
> > > > >From what we know, some servers (such as WildFly)
already require
> > Java 8
> > > > to even boot up so this limitation is pretty much pointless
there.
> > > >
> > > > Therefore, please let us know if dropping JDK 7 support
presents a
> > problem
> > > > for you or if you see any other reason for Weld 2.4
to stay JDK 7
> > > > compatible.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Matej
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