[keycloak-dev] Java 8?

[Stian Thorgersen]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boleslaw Dawidowicz" <bdawidow at redhat.com>
> To: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>, keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> Sent: Thursday, 26 March, 2015 7:32:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Java 8?
> 
> WildFly 10 is on what we'll need to align although it rather defines minimum
> to support. Question is if we package with WF 10 which support only Java 8
> will it be practical (and possible) to maintain compat with 7

That's what we need to align on for product yes, but other projects/products that embed Keycloak need it to support whatever they support (BRMS for example doesn't even start on Java8).

In summary we need to support Java 7 for a while longer :(

> 
> I would def keep 7 for adapters longer.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Bolesław Dawidowicz
> 
> Dnia 25 mar 2015 o godz. 14:08 Stan Silvert <ssilvert at redhat.com> napisał(a):
> 
> >> On 3/25/2015 8:22 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> >> That article doesn't make sense to me. Use Java8 for tests, but Java7 in
> >> production, whaaat?
> >> 
> >> We need our testsuite to run on Java7, so can't take that approach.
> > I could do it for Elytron tests since they only run under Java 8 anyway.
> > :-)
> > 
> > For this discussion, I'm just trying to get a feel for when we might make
> > the switch.  I agree it may be a long way off for adapters.
> > 
> > But I just got confirmation the WildFly 10 will require Java 8.  If that's
> > our target platform for productization maybe we should target Java 8 for
> > the server side to coincide with that.
> > 
> > Maybe Bolek has a better idea of the productization timing?
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert at redhat.com>
> >>> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> >>> Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 25 March, 2015 1:11:44 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Java 8?
> >>> 
> >>>> 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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