9 Feb
2016
9 Feb
'16
4:11 p.m.
Hi devs,
I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version supported for XWiki
8.0+.
The rationale is:
* Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
* It brings [Default
Methods|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.h…] which
would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very hard to add new features
to existing API right now).
* Required for:
** Infinispan 8
** JGroups 4
** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized for it,
http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about what "Java 8+"
means exactly)
Nice to have
* Lambda Expressions
* Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several times \@Named instead
of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for example
* New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should refactor our $datetool
velocity tool to make the java.time api available from velocity
* more…
See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
Thanks
-Vincent
9 Feb
9 Feb
4:13 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] [xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Move to Java 8 as minimal version for XWiki 8.0+
+1
Thanks,
Caty
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:11 PM, vincent(a)massol.net <vincent(a)massol.net>
wrote:
Hi devs,
I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version
supported for XWiki 8.0+.
The rationale is:
* Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
* It brings [Default Methods|
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.html]
which would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very hard to
add new features to existing API right now).
* Required for:
** Infinispan 8
** JGroups 4
** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized for
it, http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about what
"Java 8+" means exactly)
Nice to have
* Lambda Expressions
* Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several times
\@Named instead of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for
example
* New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should
refactor our $datetool velocity tool to make the java.time api available
from velocity
* more…
See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
Thanks
-Vincent
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4:45 p.m.
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+1
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:11 PM, vincent(a)massol.net <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Hi devs,
I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version supported for
XWiki 8.0+.
The rationale is:
* Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
* It brings [Default
Methods|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.h…] which
would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very hard to add new features
to existing API right now).
* Required for:
** Infinispan 8
** JGroups 4
** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized for it,
http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about what "Java 8+"
means exactly)
Nice to have
* Lambda Expressions
* Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several times \@Named
instead of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for example
* New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should refactor our $datetool
velocity tool to make the java.time api available from velocity
* more…
See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
Thanks
-Vincent
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6:21 p.m.
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Vincent,
can you state which minimum MacOSX, Ubuntu, and Windows version this means?
I know 10.6 is out and I've been challenged for this since XWiki moved
to Java7 already but that's past (my solution was, then, to not upgrade
my wiki).
It'd be interesting to know the coming limitations.
paul
vincent(a)massol.net <mailto:vincent@massol.net>
9 February 2016 at 16:11
Hi devs,
I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version
supported for XWiki 8.0+.
The rationale is:
* Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
* It brings [Default
Methods|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.h…]
which would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very
hard to add new features to existing API right now).
* Required for:
** Infinispan 8
** JGroups 4
** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized
for it, http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about
what "Java 8+" means exactly)
Nice to have
* Lambda Expressions
* Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several
times \@Named instead of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for
example
* New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should
refactor our $datetool velocity tool to make the java.time api
available from velocity
* more…
See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
Thanks
-Vincent
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6:34 p.m.
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On 9 Feb 2016 at 18:21:27, Paul Libbrecht (paul@hoplahup.net(mailto:paul@hoplahup.net))
wrote:
Vincent,
can you state which minimum MacOSX, Ubuntu, and Windows version this means?
I know 10.6 is out and I've been challenged for this since XWiki moved
to Java7 already but that's past (my solution was, then, to not upgrade
my wiki).
It'd be interesting to know the coming limitations.
Just found this: http://java.com/en/download/help/sysreq.xml
Thanks
-Vincent
paul
vincent(a)massol.net
9 February 2016 at 16:11
Hi devs,
I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version
supported for XWiki 8.0+.
The rationale is:
* Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
* It brings [Default
Methods|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.h…]
which would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very
hard to add new features to existing API right now).
* Required for:
** Infinispan 8
** JGroups 4
** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized
for it, http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about
what "Java 8+" means exactly)
Nice to have
* Lambda Expressions
* Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several
times \@Named instead of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for
example
* New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should
refactor our $datetool velocity tool to make the java.time api
available from velocity
* more…
See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
Thanks
-Vincent
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On 9 Feb 2016 at 18:34:24, vincent(a)massol.net
(vincent@massol.net(mailto:vincent@massol.net)) wrote:
On 9 Feb 2016 at 18:21:27, Paul Libbrecht (paul@hoplahup.net(mailto:paul@hoplahup.net))
wrote:
This is for Oracle’s JVM but all you need is to find a Java 8 JVM that works for your OS.
I don’t know the requirements for OpenJDK or other JVMs.
Thanks
-Vincent
Vincent,
can you state which minimum MacOSX, Ubuntu, and Windows version this means?
I know 10.6 is out and I've been challenged for this since XWiki moved
to Java7 already but that's past (my solution was, then, to not upgrade
my wiki).
It'd be interesting to know the coming limitations.
Just found this: http://java.com/en/download/help/sysreq.xml Thanks
-Vincent
> paul
>
> > vincent(a)massol.net
> > 9 February 2016 at 16:11
> > Hi devs,
> >
> > I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version
> > supported for XWiki 8.0+.
> >
> > The rationale is:
> >
> > * Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
> > * It brings [Default
> >
Methods|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.h…]
> > which would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very
> > hard to add new features to existing API right now).
> > * Required for:
> > ** Infinispan 8
> > ** JGroups 4
> > ** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized
> > for it, http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about
> > what "Java 8+" means exactly)
> >
> > Nice to have
> > * Lambda Expressions
> > * Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several
> > times \@Named instead of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1",
"hint2"\}) for
> > example
> > * New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should
> > refactor our $datetool velocity tool to make the java.time api
> > available from velocity
> > * more…
> >
> > See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
> >
> > Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Vincent
> >
9:53 p.m.
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vincent(a)massol.net wrote:
cool. Sounds rather
acceptable to me.
+1.
(non-binding I think)
paul
Just found
this: http://java.com/en/download/help/sysreq.xml
This is for Oracle’s JVM but all you need is to find a Java 8 JVM that works for your OS.
I don’t know the requirements for OpenJDK or other JVMs. 
10 Feb
10 Feb
7:17 a.m.
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+1
Thanks,
Manuel
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Paul Libbrecht <paul(a)hoplahup.net> wrote:
vincent(a)massol.net wrote:
works for
your OS. I don’t know the requirements for OpenJDK or other JVMs.
cool. Sounds rather acceptable to me.
+1.
(non-binding I think)
paul
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This is for Oracle’s JVM but all you need is to find a Java 8 JVM that 
8:54 a.m.
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+1 because better the developers and the users run the same major version
of the JVM and I think most of the devs are already running 8.
Thanks,
Caleb
On 10/02/16 07:17, Manuel Smeria wrote:
+1
Thanks,
Manuel
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Paul Libbrecht <paul(a)hoplahup.net> wrote:
vincent(a)massol.net wrote:
works for
your OS. I don’t know the requirements for OpenJDK or other JVMs.
cool. Sounds rather acceptable to me.
+1.
(non-binding I think)
paul
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found this: http://java.com/en/download/help/sysreq.xml
This is for Oracle’s JVM but all you need is to find a Java 8 JVM that
15 Feb
15 Feb
9:10 a.m.
New subject: [xwiki-users] [VOTE] Move to Java 8 as minimal version for XWiki 8.0+ (SUMMARY)
Ok more than 72 hours have passed, here are the results:
- 6 binding +1
- 2 non-binding +1
- no 0 and no -1
The VOTE is passed.
We now need to make CLIRR work with Java8 before we can move the build to require Java 8.
Thanks
-Vincent
On 9 Feb 2016 at 16:11:38, vincent(a)massol.net (vincent(a)massol.net) wrote:
Hi devs,
I’d like to propose that we move to Java 8 as the minimal Java version supported for XWiki
8.0+.
The rationale is:
* Java 7 is end of life since April 2015.
* It brings [Default
Methods|https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/IandI/defaultmethods.h…] which
would make retro compatibility a lot easier for us (it's very hard to add new features
to existing API right now).
* Required for:
** Infinispan 8
** JGroups 4
** Jetty 9.3+ seems to require Java 8 (or maybe it's just optimized for it,
http://download.eclipse.org/jetty/ is not crystal clear about what "Java 8+"
means exactly)
Nice to have
* Lambda Expressions
* Repeating Annotations which would probably allow us to use several times \@Named instead
of \@Component(hints=\{"hint1", "hint2"\}) for example
* New date/time APIs (pretty much what is in Joda Time). We should refactor our $datetool
velocity tool to make the java.time api available from velocity
* more…
See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-878
Here’s my +1 and my +1 to start requiring Java 8 for 8.0M2.
Thanks
-Vincent
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