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Subject: Re: Java 8/Java 7 end of life
From: Hal Hildebrand <hal.hildebrand@me.com>
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> On Mar 9, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Boblitz John <john.boblitz@bertschi.com> =
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> Hello,
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> Does the Byte Code Enhancement work when compiled for 1.8?
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> Thanks & Regards,
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> John Boblitz
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hal Hildebrand [mailto:hal.hildebrand@me.com]
>> Sent: Montag, 9. M=E4rz 2015 16:21
>> To: users@openjpa.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Java 8/Java 7 end of life
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>> I can certainly confirm that OpenJPA runs on java 8.  And even =
compiles
>> when using source 1.7, target 1.7.  Byte code enhancement works fine =
on the
>> code when compiled in that fashion.
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>>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Rick Curtis <curtisr7@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> OpenJPA 2.3.x and trunk should be functional with java8, but I don't
>>> think you can build OpenJPA with java8.
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>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Henno Vermeulen
>>> <henno@huizemolenaar.nl>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Hello,
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>>>> AFAIK, OpenJPA still doesn't work with Java 8. Are there any plans =
of
>>>> fixing this soon? Perhaps OpenJPA committers could give this some
>>>> more priority?
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>>>> Oracle public support for Java 7 will end after April this year, =
see
>>>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html
>>>> If I understand well, this means that security issues in Oracle's
>>>> Java 7 runtime will no longer be fixed so that an application using
>>>> OpenJPA on Java 7 will become more and more vulnerable over time.
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>>>> The ticket for Java 8 was last updated in October 2014:
>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-2386
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>>>> Regards,
>>>> Henno Vermeulen
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>>> --
>>> *Rick Curtis*
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