Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] core.jobs dependency on Java 8

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ralf,

Dani announced a while ago that Eclipse Neon will drop support for
Java 7. See: https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cross-project-issues-dev/msg12177.html

Best regards, Lars

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Ralf Sternberg
<rsternberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while we all want to use the new features in Java 8, some users of the
> RAP project still can't switch to Java 8 because they have to deploy
> on application servers that run on a (bundled) non-Java-8 VM. For
> example, looking at the IBM WebSphere JDK support list [1], it seems
> that for the server side, it's still a bit too early to require Java
> 8.
>
> Since one of the bundles RAP depends on (core.jobs) has recently been
> updated to Java 8, we find ourselves faced with the choice of either
> locking out those users or shipping RAP 3.1 with an older version of
> the platform. The latter would probably mean to abstain from the Neon
> simultaneous release.
>
> I wonder if there is a general consensus that the Eclipse platform
> (not the IDE) does not support Java 7 anymore. If this is the case, we
> have to live with it, however, I'd appreciate to keep at least the
> core Java-7-compatible for one more year. Looking at the respective
> change in core.jobs [2], it looks like a refactoring, not an API
> change that would require Java 8. Also on the Neon release plan [3],
> it's still marked as 1.7. Is there a chance to revert this change or
> are more of those going to come?
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
> [1] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27005002
> [2] http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.runtime.git/commit/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs?id=e0c1dc5111c5200d39f4611082b34110d735ac29
> [3] https://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?planurl=http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/eclipse_project_plan_4_6.xml#appendix
>
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