[weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld 2.4?

[Matej Novotny]

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 at gmail.com>
> To: "Matej Novotny" <manovotn at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Weld" <weld-dev at lists.jboss.org>, "J J SNYDER" <j.j.snyder at 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 at 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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