Proposed implementation of JEP 182 in JDK 11: drop javac support for -source/-target/--release 6

Remi Forax forax at univ-mlv.fr
Mon May 14 14:43:05 UTC 2018


Hi Dalibor,

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> De: "dalibor topic" <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>
> À: "jdk-dev" <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Lundi 14 Mai 2018 16:35:49
> Objet: Re: Proposed implementation of JEP 182 in JDK 11: drop javac support for -source/-target/--release 6

> On 10.05.2018 19:56, joe darcy wrote:
>> Given the age of JDK 6, I think it is reasonable in 2018 for JDK 11 to
>> drop support for -source/-target/--release 1.6/6, leaving support for 7,
>> 8, 9, 10, and 11.
> 
> It would be nice to drop support for 9, as well, since it's done, and
> its users should be moving on to 10.

Why only 9, if i follow you, we should also drop the support for 10 because when 11 will be out, 10 support will not be supported too.

I think it's better to drop the support of 9 and 10 when the support for 8 (the LTS) will be dropped. 

> 
> cheers,
> dalibor topic

Rémi



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