[wildfly-dev] Moving WildFly 9 to Java 8?

[Dimitris Andreadis]

There is also the TCK that would have to re-pass with jdk8.

On 09/02/2015 22:46, James R. Perkins wrote:
> I'd vote no. We've already done the core split for 9. I think adding another major change
> like this is a bad idea at this stage.
>
> On 02/09/2015 01:19 PM, Tomaž Cerar wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> we agreed that WildFly 10+ is going to require Java 8, given that its release date is
>> planned well after JDK7 will be EOL-ed. [1]
>>
>> Looking at all discussion and new projects / components already require JDK8 (Eltryon, new
>> WildFly client, Weld 3,...) for development.
>> I was wondering if we could move WildFly 9 to Java 8 as well?
>>
>> According to current release plan WF9 should be release around the same time JDK7 is
>> EOL-ed (April 2015) [1]
>>
>> Pros of moving to JDK8 early:
>> - components can use JDK8 eariler --> better testing
>> - supporting JDK9 will be easier (-XX:MaxPermSize fails to start JVM on 9)
>> - support for TLS SNI (think of it as virtual hosts for SSL)
>> - better ciphers and many other security related improvements
>> - nashorn (fast javascript engine)
>> - better concurrency libs
>> - easier testing, one less JDK combo to test on CI
>>
>> and of course all of the language improvements, lambda ftw!
>>
>> Cons of moving early
>>
>> - back porting of code could be impaired
>> - there is currently no non beta release of IBM JDK8
>>
>> There are probably other pros & cons but in general I think it would be better to upgrade
>> early as there will be many
>> hidden issues with new Java 8 features people want to use but are server doesn't
>> understand currently, mostly here
>> are features like enhanced type annotations and default methods.
>>
>> This problem are and will creep up more and more often as adoption of Java 8 is quite good
>> already [2] and still rising.
>>
>> so what do you guys think? Should we move for WildFly or should we wait for 10 as planned?
>>
>> --
>> tomaz
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
>> [2] http://jaxenter.com/java-2-111936.html
>>
>>
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