Re: [Jython-users] [Jython-dev] Java 7 or 8?

[Jeff A. <ja...@fa...>]

On 27/07/2019 17:32, James Klo via Jython-users wrote:
> [snipped lots of other good points]
>
> Jeff mentions:
>>
>>         We currently build and test
>>         on Java 7 but some things would resolve themselves if we
>>         could move on. 
>>
>
> Could there be some elaboration here? What issues on the 2.7.2 
> milestone would be solved by moving to J8? Pluses and minuses here 
> would be helpful.

I was thinking of:

  * https://bugs.jython.org/issue2770 (SSL test failures)
  * I wrote a substitute base64 decoder in
    https://bugs.jython.org/issue2663 (which was fun, but it could be
    removed at Java 8).
  * The odd place where a lambda would save nugatory work (logging).

Only the first is an actual problem for users (who have to downgrade 
their JAR to match their insecure JVM). There may be other bugs we 
didn't consider blockers that are also 7-isms.

Jeff

Jeff Allen