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 :
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> handsomewu6688-design commented on PR #321:
> URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-math/pull/321#issuecomment-4504694791
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>    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