| Re: [january-dev] Januart Datasets and Java 8 |
(lets keep these discussions in public domain, I didn't realise last one wasn't)
Thanks for asking around. I am at ECE and will ask around here for thoughts.
Jonah
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Jonah Graham
Kichwa Coders Ltd.
www.kichwacoders.com
On 25 October 2016 at 10:42, <Matt.Gerring@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have asked some of the possible collaborators on January their preferences. I agree with Peter that there should be no Java8 requirement unless it is actually required because some of the diaspora are certainly on 6.
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 25 October 2016 09:56
> To: january developer discussions
> Subject: Re: [january-dev] Januart Datasets and Java 8
>
> I have added a branch in prep to do the downgrade if we decide to go that way here: https://github.com/jonahkichwacoders/january/ tree/downgrade_to_java_6
> ~~~
> Jonah Graham
> Kichwa Coders Ltd.
> www.kichwacoders.com
>
>
> On 25 October 2016 at 09:13, Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> (Changed subject, was Re: [january-dev] January 1.0 released!)
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I think this warrants further discussion. There are reasons I would
>> encourage Java 1.8:
>> - Not supporting Java 8 increases barriers to contributors (two ways,
>> 1 not being able to use "all" Java features, 2 tooling and setup makes
>> it more complicated*)
>> - Java 6 & 7 of EOL
>> - The IDataset, originally part of the API plug-in was 1.7 or greater
>> since DAWNSci initial import, the 1.8 was put in place in April.
>> Although some other bundles had lower reqs, having any dep be 1.8,
>> this essentially meant that everything was 1.8 in practice.
>>
>> So, when I set the 1.8 across the range, it was because of these
>> reasons, the lack of earlier discussion was due to the implicit
>> assumption on my part due to the last reason, so thank you for raising
>> it now to make sure it is discussed fully. (You did point this out
>> earlier[1], but I misunderstood the meaning of the comment at the
>> time).
>>
>> There is one strong reason against 1.8 (or at least delaying the move to 1.8):
>> - A specific/known potential consumer of January datasets is stuck
>> with Java < 1.8
>>
>> Peter, please let me know your thoughts and what I may have overlooked.
>> Thanks,
>> Jonah
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/eclipse/january/pull/12#issuecomment- 247993737
>>
>>
>> ~~~
>> Jonah Graham
>> Kichwa Coders Ltd.
>> www.kichwacoders.com
>>
>>
>> On 24 October 2016 at 15:43, Jay Jay Billings <jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> Sure. That works for me.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:40 AM, <Peter.Chang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jay,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok, but can the january, j.asserts, j.examples and j.test be 1.6+
>>>> and the rest be 1.8+?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: january-dev-bounces@eclipse.org
>>>> [mailto:january-dev-bounces@eclipse.org ] On Behalf Of Jay Jay
>>>> Billings
>>>> Sent: 24 October 2016 15:37
>>>> To: january developer discussions <january-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: Re: [january-dev] January 1.0 released!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The form and geometry parts require Java 1.8.
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:35 AM, <Peter.Chang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jonah,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the release!
>>>>
>>>> I had a chance to compare our repo with the new Eclipse repo and it
>>>> seems that Java 1.8 is required now. I thought we were targeting
>>>> 1.6. It's not important to Diamond but has this changed?
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: january-dev-bounces@eclipse.org
>>>> [mailto:january-dev-bounces@eclipse.org ] On Behalf Of Jonah Graham
>>>> Sent: 21 October 2016 16:09
>>>> To: january developer discussions <january-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Science
>>>> Industry Working Group <science-iwg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [january-dev] January 1.0 released!
>>>>
>>>> Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> January 1.0 is now available at https://www.eclipse.org/january .
>>>>
>>>> The P2 Site is located here:
>>>> http://download.eclipse.org/january/releases/1.0.0/ repository/
>>>> And you can check out January, browse examples, etc here:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/eclipse/january/tree/JANUARY_1_0_0# the-eclipse-ja
>>>> nuary-project
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Jonah
>>>>
>>>>
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