[jsword-devel] JDK version

[Sijo Cherian]

How much work is expected in jsword for j7?
I can help if multiple developer is needed.

/sijo

On Jun 9, 2017 6:07 PM, "DM Smith" <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:

> That was a bit short. Our policy has been to support older devices, such
> as missionaries have for field work. That has meant supporting 10 year old
> hardware and operating systems. Given those systems the availability of
> Java was our limiting factor. That initially was limited by MacOS. By the
> time mobile came around we were at Java 5 and most mobile was requiring a
> subset of 1.3. Android changed that, but became the limiting factor.
>
> That was then. I think it is time to revise that policy. Since then Oracle
> has taken over the development of Java and has done two things that Sun
> didn’t do. It has frequent releases and second makes older versions harder
> to get. Today, Java 8 is the only easily available version. It has been
> over 2 years since the last public update to Java 7.
>
> Going to 7 as a minimum may prevent some users from getting a JSword app.
> They can continue to use the currently available apps.
>
> The more practical question is how to manage a migration in git. Obviously
> a branch is in order. The question is whether the branch is for maintenance
> of the current code and trunk is for Java 7? We could go either way. Let us
> know which you prefer and why.
>
> In Him,
> DM
>
>
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 7:59 PM, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:
>
> Yes. Go for it.
>
> Cent from my fone so theer mite be tipos. ;)
>
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 4:33 PM, Martin Denham <mjdenham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Android will soon support all JDK 7 features, and some JDK 8 features
> <https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/features/java8-support.html>,
> so if there was a desire and no other blockers, then it should be possible
> for JSword to start targeting at least JDK 7.
>
> Martin
>
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