raising min java version of jackson-core to Java8 for Jackson v2.14.0 release

[fann...@gmail.com]

Hi everyone,

I'm just looking for consensus on this topic. Only jackson-annotations and jackson-core support Java6 in Jackson v2.13. Other jackson libs typically require Java8 already.

My reasons for looking to move jackson-core to support a min of Java8 for Jackson 2.14 include the following:

* Java6 is no longer widely supported

* jackson-core v2.13 already has code from classes that only appeared in Java7 (eg java.lang.Objects)

* there is some talk about introducing support for faster serialization/deserialization of numbers that uses non JRE/JDK classes - see https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/issues/577 for context

  * many of these classes and jars require Java8 and in some cases, even more recent Java versions

Feel free to express your support or disapproval of this proposal.

Regards,

PJ

 

[Tatu Saloranta]

Ok, so I take the silence to mean there is nothing controversial here.

I did not want to speak first, to ensure my opinion does not prevent
others from expressing theirs, but since it has been 2 weeks
I think it is ok to say that I am +1 for such an increase -- making
Jackson 2.14 require Java 8 for all of its components.
We still want to consider some limits of platforms like Android, but
in general I think time has come.

So... speak now or forever hold your peace. :)

-+ Tatu +-