Re: Java 17?

Norm, thanks for asking.

I am currently requiring 17 for my projects (I say 'requiring' since
mostly they aim to be replicable). To David's point, I would plan to move
again when I see the rest of the herd moving.

Regards,
Wendell

On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM David Birnbaum <djbpitt@gmail.com> wrote:

> No objection here. FWIW (although nobody asked), also no objection with
> targeting the most recent LTS, which is 25.
>
> > On Dec 6, 2025, at 7:31 AM, Norm Tovey-Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Apologies for this slightly off-topic question.
> >
> > I’m very tempted to update XML Calabash 3.x so that Java 17 is required.
> This would simplify some things in the build and make the deprecation
> warnings associated with Java 8 go away.
> >
> > I observe that there are already extension steps that require Java 17
> (the Polyglot and RDF steps), and Saxon 13, when it is eventually released,
> will require Java 17. So at that point, my hand will be forced.
> >
> > Is anyone going to be inordinately inconvenienced by a move to Java 17?
> >
> >                                        Be seeing you,
> >                                          norm
> >
> > --
> > Norm Tovey-Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
> > https://norm.tovey-walsh.com/
> >
> >> A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.--Lord
> >> Peter Wimsey
> >
>
>

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