Opened 4 weeks ago
Last modified 4 weeks ago
#2511 new defect
Require Java 8
| Reported by: | zzz | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | eventually |
| Component: | other | Version: | 0.9.40 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Parent Tickets: | Sensitive: | no |
Description
A couple weeks ago I stuck in a log warning for Java 7, for .41, so that's a start.
Java 8 would leave behind old windows users (XP?), and also wheezy/jessie and precise/trusty, so that would be a big decision. I'd propose 0.9.44 Jan. 2020 at the earliest, but it really has to be driven by our user base, as we've discussed. Maybe should wait until after the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS comes out and then we can abandon precise and trusty.
Even a Java 7 requirement for the jars used in android (kitkat 4.4 minimum) would leave behind 4% of android users and we haven't set a target release for doing that yet either.
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https://jakewharton.com/androids-java-8-support/ - there is hope for having android compile Java 8 code down to 7 for runtime. Not there yet.