Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public-internal@cust-asf2.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public-internal@cust-asf2.ponee.io Received: from cust-asf.ponee.io (cust-asf.ponee.io [163.172.22.183]) by cust-asf2.ponee.io (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEB28200B5A for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 22:41:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: by cust-asf.ponee.io (Postfix) id DD1D6160AAB; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 20:41:34 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by cust-asf.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 316C6160A6A for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 22:41:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 56104 invoked by uid 500); 4 Aug 2016 20:41:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@jmeter.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@jmeter.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@jmeter.apache.org Received: (qmail 56090 invoked by uid 99); 4 Aug 2016 20:41:33 -0000 Received: from pnap-us-west-generic-nat.apache.org (HELO spamd1-us-west.apache.org) (209.188.14.142) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:41:33 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spamd1-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at spamd1-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id B5D9CC71EB for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 20:41:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at spamd1-us-west.apache.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 1.179 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.179 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: spamd1-us-west.apache.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com Received: from mx2-lw-us.apache.org ([10.40.0.8]) by localhost (spamd1-us-west.apache.org [10.40.0.7]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sqX9-y4Fd-By for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 20:41:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f53.google.com (mail-wm0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by mx2-lw-us.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mx2-lw-us.apache.org) with ESMTPS id 795E55FAE4 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2016 20:41:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm0-f53.google.com with SMTP id f65so7596209wmi.0 for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:41:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=KVTFSs4oz/+NYAWVGuKKlnpPeJJF25Lor9bLSauda2w=; b=zpd2rR1aN2UnBPMy6MvxtJFpqfI+KcKRIotzX5arKSHkrBVxmO5FCzYLVVA5NgpXF+ mpiuXwuzao2M2u/6u5eH9LPe0xD4+tYH4iCjF9uZe3Y2ESM3rpO5dfftuqtMYUyZw3Ul uMuxRXcK95nUXKhssEs+oje9RtnDZtb0Kf/5r3KYzdlOG5NUDIN04pGVwSTsETAu7aqJ PZjXz6yBKIrn2J/lRvs7dThHTN8MXH43ajbww7RaJLFi/eMiJwNuLUEz6V/nY1V04qVY wTOmrTE4DRnaBM/CTGJnV9rCrBeiJWvEDCpR1AT0PhdK8Th+4v1r3+DY0H358nSNZ+ye GXVQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=KVTFSs4oz/+NYAWVGuKKlnpPeJJF25Lor9bLSauda2w=; b=N11wOJ3Pd18LGJkKgGEgq9lm2hxQgb2pdaXNmgtbmIXy2AD41o19uSymNeEJzn/a/+ BJXkzZLjJ9vBz9/QxPoGZoj1IennMchdolOVnvW803eAwpAuHfqEx3INyFLvPhN+syKA jpz/QBta8f37LHLTwBOn6zUm2fcEl1Wr5symHPQLwpaZR+Kzcvo2pILlPzrjL0SvBSHK /voB4/qY7DnL+jxB2fkHznDXi16UvAfH56ySPcagrfTc3oA/jlYS5RJZFwwq4sQyFVu3 HF0Mn2fiHYMa+EqzxyjMAH7DJtw08IKUU6MkSiiBgnlDe7VZNmOMMP+p8lz4H4hCTCci 7HpQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoouvqOguITBG9ydoJXMgy0D2gfsB9HM+PsOkHsSrQVtIYCJtHp/PEhNi3YmInKYBG8y7/5IzecijZSxeL6w== X-Received: by 10.28.43.129 with SMTP id r123mr71279952wmr.1.1470343289073; Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:41:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2fae03d7-86d6-55c4-d657-4ff6a29b4531@internetallee.de> In-Reply-To: <2fae03d7-86d6-55c4-d657-4ff6a29b4531@internetallee.de> From: Vladimir Sitnikov Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:41:18 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: JMeter : Migrate to Java8 To: dev@jmeter.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114e36d0717987053944f961 archived-at: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 20:41:35 -0000 --001a114e36d0717987053944f961 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > Java 7 is EOL since April 2015 ( > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html) > Oracle jdk 7 is eol. There is still openjdk. I don't think that has > reached eol yet. > EOL means "no more public updates, including security ones". Is there a vast number of users who absolutely cannot install Java 8? Do they know their Java 7 installations might have critical security issues? What are the true reasons to support Java 7? Note: if JMeter was a library that is used by some well-known application that is stuck with Java 7, then it would make sense to support Java 7. JMeter is a standalone application, thus I see very little reasons to stick with Java 7 since April 2015 was more than a year ago. I think we should wait a bit longer before dropping java 7 support, or > maybe take milamber's approach of supporting two branches. Java 6 support was dropped after Java 6 was 2 years into EOL. On April 2017 it would be 2 years since Java 7 EOL. Even if we start java 8 migration right away, we would not release earlier than April 2017. I wish I were wrong here, but my experience shows that JMeter does not release often. Vladimir --001a114e36d0717987053944f961--