Re: [PR] Upgrade Java 8 to Java 17 [commons-math]
Gilles Sadowski <[email protected]> Fri, 22 May 2026 13:06:04 +0200
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Hello. Le jeu. 21 mai 2026 à 06:05, handsomewu6688-design (via GitHub) <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > handsomewu6688-design commented on PR #321: > URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-math/pull/321#issuecomment-4504694791 > > Thank you for your clear explanation. > We fully understand and respect that the project will keep Java 8 as the baseline and will not change the official JDK version for the main branch. > Our proposal is to independently maintain several parallel branches for newer LTS JDK versions (such as 17, 21). > The official main branch can continue to develop normally based on Java 8, and we will take full responsibility for maintaining and synchronizing these upgraded branches. > This will not affect any downstream users or break compatibility. > We are currently doing JDK adaptation work across multiple projects and collecting community feedback. > If there is stable demand, we are willing to long-term maintain 2–3 newer JDK branches. > Could we create a dedicated issue to discuss this? Could someone please comment there (on "GH") that any "discussion" should happen here (on the ML)? Thanks, Gilles