Oracle Java 7 - April End of Public updates -> Version 1.x support

[Daniel Worthington-Bodart]

Hey people,

In April Oracle are going to stop public updates to Java 7.

I'm going to basically try and follow suit on the 1.x branch.

The current version 2.x branches are currently not all in sync. I'm going to force update head to match 1.x (history will contain all the spiked 2.x features like reactive support etc)

Please do not upgrade to 2.x until I send a second email saying 2.x is good to go. This will require Java 8 of course and contain breaking changes.

If you require a Java 7 bug fix on 1.x branch after April you will need to provide a test and fix in pull request / clone / patch. Any issues raised without one will not be fixed.

The reason I am doing this is the usual, it's very expensive keeping two active branches and I have been unable to finish the version 2.x work while also fixing 1.x and patching the other..

This will probably mean there will be a period where 1.x is frozen and 2.x is being refactored across the projects but I will try and keep the gap as small as possible.

Feedback or miracle suggestions welcome.

Dan