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SignalK / signalk-server-java

DEPRECATED - see https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-java
Apache License 2.0
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Use Java8 #14

Closed jboynes closed 8 years ago

jboynes commented 8 years ago

Is it safe to use Java 8 yet or is support for older environments still needed?

rob42 commented 8 years ago

I prefer to support 7+. 8 is needed for RPi A and B+, and generally best for ARM, but 7 is common across PC's etc. Was there a particular 8 feature you wanted to use?

jboynes commented 8 years ago

Oracle stopped providing public updates for 7 last April so PCs etc would be better off running the newer version. Linux still has OpenJDK 7 support from RedHat but OpenJDK 8 is also readily available. The biggest reason I've seen for sticking with 7 is Android but I was not sure if that was really a factor here (perhaps more for the core library than the server?)

The question was mainly driven by support concerns for a server application, but it would be nice to use the shiny new features. This had me yearning for Optional.

rob42 commented 8 years ago

Ive switched to using java 8 for my dev. signalk-java-* is now supporting only java 8+ :-) For the moment lets not use java 8 features unless we really need them, makes it easy for anyone still committed to 7