Moving on to Java 8?

On 09/27/2017 02:19 PM, Christian Grün wrote: > Dear all, > > Java 9 has just been released. As you may know, the BaseX code base is > still compatible with Java 7, because version 7 is still used in the > wild (we even got various user complaints when we upgraded from Java 6 > just a few years ago). > > There are several reasons why we will move along to Java 8 in the near future: > > * It is more and more unsafe to use Java 7, because Oracle has stopped > support two years ago. > > * From the developer point of view, there are only advantages when > working with more recent versions of a software: newer language > features and standard libraries can be used, the code base can be > reduced, etc. > > * We would like to switch to the newest version of Jetty, which requires Java 8. > > Before we approach further, we are interested in hearing your > reactions: Do you still work with Java 7? Would some of you require > longtime support for Java 7? > > Thanks in advance and all the best, > Christian

On 27/09/2017 15:19, George Sofianos wrote: > I think it's great that BaseX is moving to Java 8. However I don't > have a dependency on Java 7 so my opinion might be biased :) Hopefully > more people agree with that. > > George > > > On 09/27/2017 02:19 PM, Christian Grün wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Java 9 has just been released. As you may know, the BaseX code base is >> still compatible with Java 7, because version 7 is still used in the >> wild (we even got various user complaints when we upgraded from Java 6 >> just a few years ago). >> >> There are several reasons why we will move along to Java 8 in the >> near future: >> >> * It is more and more unsafe to use Java 7, because Oracle has stopped >> support two years ago. >> >> * From the developer point of view, there are only advantages when >> working with more recent versions of a software: newer language >> features and standard libraries can be used, the code base can be >> reduced, etc. >> >> * We would like to switch to the newest version of Jetty, which >> requires Java 8. >> >> Before we approach further, we are interested in hearing your >> reactions: Do you still work with Java 7? Would some of you require >> longtime support for Java 7? >> >> Thanks in advance and all the best, >> Christian >

Von: basex-talk-bounces at mailman.uni-konstanz.de [mailto:basex-talk-bounces at mailman.uni-konstanz.de] Im Auftrag von Marco Lettere Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. September 2017 15:23 An: basex-talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] [basex-announce] Moving on to Java 8? Hi Christian, most important thing for us is moving to Jetty 9 thus cutting down the dependency to Java 7 feels like a completely favorable deal! Anyway thanks for asking! Regards, Marco. On 27/09/2017 15:19, George Sofianos wrote: > I think it's great that BaseX is moving to Java 8. However I don't > have a dependency on Java 7 so my opinion might be biased :) Hopefully > more people agree with that. > > George > > > On 09/27/2017 02:19 PM, Christian Gr?n wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Java 9 has just been released. As you may know, the BaseX code base >> is still compatible with Java 7, because version 7 is still used in >> the wild (we even got various user complaints when we upgraded from >> Java 6 just a few years ago). >> >> There are several reasons why we will move along to Java 8 in the >> near future: >> >> * It is more and more unsafe to use Java 7, because Oracle has >> stopped support two years ago. >> >> * From the developer point of view, there are only advantages when >> working with more recent versions of a software: newer language >> features and standard libraries can be used, the code base can be >> reduced, etc. >> >> * We would like to switch to the newest version of Jetty, which >> requires Java 8. >> >> Before we approach further, we are interested in hearing your >> reactions: Do you still work with Java 7? Would some of you require >> longtime support for Java 7? >> >> Thanks in advance and all the best, >> Christian >

On September 27, 2017 at 2:15:37 PM, Kirsten, Dirk (dirk.kirsten at senacor.com) wrote:

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: basex-talk-bounces at mailman.uni-konstanz.de [ mailto:basex-talk-bounces at mailman.uni-konstanz.de <basex-talk-bounces at mailman.uni-konstanz.de>] Im Auftrag von Marco Lettere Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. September 2017 15:23 An: basex-talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] [basex-announce] Moving on to Java 8? Hi Christian, most important thing for us is moving to Jetty 9 thus cutting down the dependency to Java 7 feels like a completely favorable deal! Anyway thanks for asking! Regards, Marco. On 27/09/2017 15:19, George Sofianos wrote: > I think it's great that BaseX is moving to Java 8. However I don't > have a dependency on Java 7 so my opinion might be biased :) Hopefully > more people agree with that. > > George > > > On 09/27/2017 02:19 PM, Christian Grün wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Java 9 has just been released. As you may know, the BaseX code base >> is still compatible with Java 7, because version 7 is still used in >> the wild (we even got various user complaints when we upgraded from >> Java 6 just a few years ago). >> >> There are several reasons why we will move along to Java 8 in the >> near future: >> >> * It is more and more unsafe to use Java 7, because Oracle has >> stopped support two years ago. >> >> * From the developer point of view, there are only advantages when >> working with more recent versions of a software: newer language >> features and standard libraries can be used, the code base can be >> reduced, etc. >> >> * We would like to switch to the newest version of Jetty, which >> requires Java 8. >> >> Before we approach further, we are interested in hearing your >> reactions: Do you still work with Java 7? Would some of you require >> longtime support for Java 7? >> >> Thanks in advance and all the best, >> Christian >