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Re: java 8 required from dhis 2.20

 

Calle,

All the developers will soon switch to Java 8.. if you know any issues,
just write me directly and I will fix it

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Lars,
>
> I had an issue with java 8.25 and switched back (8.05 was running fine).
>
> Any DHIS2 compatibility issues reported with the latest 8.31?
>
> Regards
> Calle
>
> On 25 February 2015 at 15:11, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Java 7 reaches end of life on April 2017 and will not receive free
>> updates beyond that.
>>
>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
>>
>> Java 8 also comes with a range of new features we would like to take
>> advantage of.
>>
>> https://www.techempower.com/blog/2013/03/26/everything-about-java-8/
>>
>> As a result we will start using Java 8 from DHIS 2.20. (The next release
>> is 2.19). This means that to deploy 2.20 you will have to update the Java
>> SDK on your server to Java 8. Java 8 is already available for Linux,
>> Windows and Mac OS X.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
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