On 18.05.2018 14:40, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 02:36:06PM +0200, Branko Čibej wrote:
>> On 18.05.2018 14:34, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 08:22:46AM -0400, James McCoy wrote:
>>>> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 09:46:41AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>>>>> Elsewhere in this discussion thread it was suggested to raise the
>>>>> minimum JDK version requirement to Java 1.8.
>>>>> Your statement "please keep backward compatibility with older JDKs"
>>>>> could mean anything between "please leave everything as it is now" to
>>>>> "bumping the minimum requirement to Java 1.8 is absolutely fine with me".
>>>>>
>>>>> This requirement would be introduced for Subversion 1.11.
>>>>> Can you explain which versions of OS X / JDK you expect to support when
>>>>> Subversion 1.11 will be released in probably 2 to 3 years from now?
>>>> No one would be able to build the stable release of Subversion with JDK
>>>> 10 for 2 to 3 years?
>>>>
>>>> Supporting both pre-8 and post-8 JDKs wouldn't be trivial. I've been
>>>> working under the assumption that we can bump up to JDK 8 and backport
>>>> that change to 1.10.
>>>>
>>>> If that's not going to be the case, should my current work still go to
>>>> trunk? Then someone can find the time to adapt things to also work with
>>>> pre-8 JDK?
>>> I think you should aim to proceed with your plan as it was.
>>> If anyone has strong objections to this, they should be constructive and
>>> try to provide an alternative solution without pushing an additional
>>> burden on you.
>> Given that Java 6 and 7 are obsolete ... I think it won't hurt to make
>> Java 8 the oldest supported version on the 1.10.x branch.
>> -- Brane
> Yes, I agree.
>
> Sorry for confusing the matter by mentioning 1.11.
> I was just responding to the vaguely worded request from Syntevo and
> I hadn't read the context of this entire discussion thread yet.
>
> We would normally not change minimum dependency versions within a
> stable release branch but this looks like a case where we can make
> a reasonable exception to this rule.
Java 8 is the earliest available for Mac OS from Oracle, unless you
really, really try hard to find Apple's Java 6 installer — which is only
needed for running some seriously obsolete software. The other platforms
where requiring Java 8 /might/ be a problem is the infamous RHEL, which
tends to be years behind the times. However, they have ancient
Subversion as well, so ... pooh.
-- Brane
Received on 2018-05-18 14:48:08 CEST