[keycloak-dev] Java 8?

[Stan Silvert]

On 3/25/2015 2:01 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> It's to early for us to drop support for Java 7, especially for adapters. The testsuite needs to run with both Java 7 and 8.
Yea, I agree about that.  Right now the only requirement is that the 
elytron tests require Java 8 at runtime.  I don't need to actually use 
it from a source perspective.

Aslak wrote a nice article on gradual migration of a project to Java 8.
https://gist.github.com/aslakknutsen/9648594
>
> I suggest we add a new module for those tests (testsuite/elytron) and use a Maven profile to run them only when the profile is active.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert at redhat.com>
>> To: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
>> Sent: Monday, 23 March, 2015 9:46:40 PM
>> Subject: [keycloak-dev] Java 8?
>>
>> Java 7 is end of life next month.  Elytron requires Java 8.
>>
>> Any opinion on when we should start using it?  If I keep Elytron tests
>> in the testsuite then the testsuite would need to run with Java 8.
>>
>> Stan
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