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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:11:18 +0000
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Subject: Re: [Proposal] Roadmap for ending Java 7 support for the Java Broker
 and AMQP 0-x client
From: Oleksandr Rudyy <orudyy@gmail.com>
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+1 to Robs suggestions

On 11 February 2016 at 15:12, Rob Godfrey <rob.j.godfrey@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> about 2 years ago we discussed the roadmap for ending support for Java 6
> [1].  In April it will be one year since Oracle ceased public support for
> Java 7.  Towards the end of this year (hopefully) Java 9 will be released.
> As such I think it is time for us to start discussing how long we will
> continue to support Java 7 as a platform for new feature releases of the
> Java Broker and the AMQP 0-x client.
>
> Our current Java roadmap[2] has us scheduled for a Q1 release of Qpid v6.1
> and a Q3 release of Qpid v7 (with a v7.1 release to follow some time after
> that).  What I would like to propose is that v6.1 will be the last feature
> release where we commit to supporting Java 7 for the Broker.  That for Qpid
> v7 we commit to supporting Java 7 and 8 as platforms for the client - but
> that the Broker will support only Java 8.  Further I propose that Qpid v8
> (release data TBD, but sometime in 2017) will support Java 8 and Java 9
> (presuming it has been released) but we will no longer support Java 7 as a
> platform for the client.
>
> To aid users who cannot upgrade from Java 7 we will commit to producing bug
> fix releases on the Qpid v6.1.x line for at least one further year (and
> probably longer) after the initial v6.1 release.
>
> In terms of drivers for ending Java 7 support... we have already seen some
> of our key dependencies (such as Jetty) drop support for Java 7.  We also
> are running into issues where the age the Java 7 platform makes it hard to
> support modern security standards, or it simply does not support APIs
> necessary for correct implementations of AMQP 1.0 semantics (e.g. Java 7
> does not provide server name identification support for TLS on the server
> side - which AMQP 1.0 requires to identify desired virtual hosts).  From
> experience, it will also become overly burdensome to start trying to
> support three different Java versions once Java 9 is released.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Rob
>
> [1]
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/qpid-users/201404.mbox/%3CCACsaS94O8g3-+895GEKE-b0sP128mMM2hsg4mjNJHr28W=bpWQ@mail.gmail.com%3E
>
>
> [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/qpid/Java+Roadmap

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