Saxon

We haven't made that decision yet. I don't believe we've done anything that would make it difficult to retain Java 8 compatibility.

I was wondering whether it this stage you already know or have decided whether Saxon 13 will remain Java 8 compatible or whether it will require a higher Java version?

We may build with a more recent Java version, mostly to track GraalVM, but I don’t see any compelling reason to produce class files that aren’t JDK8 compatible. Are you thinking of a particular feature?

Be seeing you,
norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Saxonica

Well, no, just wondering about the future of my attempts to

• cross compile Saxon HE Java to .NET (Core) with IKVM (which seems stuck at Java 8 for the foreseeable future)
• use Saxon HE Java in the browser with CheerpJ 3 (which currently also is limited to Java 8 although they say they have plans to move to Java 11 or even higher but it all seems to depend on various issues so I can't tell how soon or easily that will happen and if Saxon 13 remains Java 8 compatible I don't have to worry about that).

• use Saxon HE Java in the browser with CheerpJ 3 (which currently also is limited to Java 8 although they say they have plans to move to Java 11 or even higher but it all seems to depend on various issues so I can't tell how soon or easily that will happen and if Saxon 13 remains Java 8 compatible I don't have to worry about that).

Unless and until we encounter some compelling reason to move forward, I expect us to remain JDK8 compatible. Experience suggests that there are a lot of users with JDK8 infrastructure. That will change enventually, but slowly, I think.

I reached out to the CheerpJ guys but I never heard back :-(

Be seeing you,
norm

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Saxonica

Norm Tovey-Walsh wrote in RE: Will Saxon 13 remain Java 8 compatible?:

I reached out to the CheerpJ guys but I never heard back :-(

Sorry to hear that, they seem to be very active and responsive on their discord server https://discord.leaningtech.com/, I haven't used other ways (well a bit of X/Twitter) to contact them.