Updates to Union (and Java while we're at it)?

[Toby G]

I started using Union in 2012 at that time Java was on version 6.
Currently, I am using Java 7, which is only slightly newer.

The last Union release I am aware of was in 2014, Union 2.1.2.

Has there been anything done since then? 
If so (like, until today, with this new group) any knowledge of that has not reached me.

Also, those versions of Union do not work on Java version 8 (or later I presume).
The reason is that Java got rid of the Rhino Javascript handler, and substituted
something else, and there are compatibility issues.

For starters, the newer versions don't recognize "import class" statements,
which, it seems to me, is how you connect your module code to the rest of Union.

If anyone has any knowledge of either of these questions (new versions of Union,
or using more up-to-date versions of Java), I'd appreciate their help.

[Toby G]

The Java issues are addressed very nicely in this thread:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/unionplatform/we2m6yP6eVs

No word on any future plans for Union though ... more than 4 years after the last release.