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From: Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedmann@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:07:45 +0200
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Subject: Re: [lang] To Java 7
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 3:42 AM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems that Java 6 is still supported until Dec 2018 if the user
> purchases Extended Support.

Given that

   a) We don't enforce users to upgrade.
   b) The decision to move to Java 7 doesn't prevent us from opening
        a maintenance branch for 3.5.
   c) If we decide for an incompatible change, there is an opportunity
       for other such changes. As a consequence, the next release will
       most likely take some time, and Dec 2018 might easily be in the
       past, when we do that release.

I don't see, why we should bother to care for that fact.

Jochen


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