Next release?

[desruisseaux]

We have done only one PROJ-JNI formal release, which was almost 3 years ago. That release was still using the kortforsyningen package name. We have never done a release with the new org.osgeo.proj package name yet. Should we do a release this month?

If yes, what should be the version number? The next release is currently labelled as "1.1" in GitHub, but given that a change of package name is a significant change, should it be 2.0?

[kbevers]

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That's probably a good idea, yes. Use the opportunity to introduce other breaking changes if needed.

[desruisseaux]

Changed the version number to 2.0-SNAPSHOT and set a tentative release date to February 17 (in almost 2 weeks). Hopefully that would be enough for getting feedbacks if something broke.

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I do not expect any breaking change other than the package renaming.

[kbevers]

I do not expect any breaking change other than the package renaming.

Why not deal with the Java 8 issue #65 while you have the chance? If you need more time to do that a new release can wait a bit longer.

[desruisseaux]

Java 8 support is a complication for maintainers, but transparent for users. A little bit like PROJ having make and cmake build systems in parallel for some time. Dropping make support is transparent for those who already use cmake.

The reason for not dropping Java 8 support right now is because we didn't asked to users. On the Apache Sedona mailing list (a project bringing geospatial services to Spark), the developers still want Java 8 for again a few years. That particular project does not use PROJ, but I do not know if there is other projects around in that situation.

We could release 2.0 as it stands today and put a note in the description saying that if nobody objects, it will be the last release supporting Java 8.

[kbevers]

We could release 2.0 as it stands today and put a note in the description saying that if nobody objects, it will be the last release supporting Java 8.

Sounds good.

[desruisseaux]

PROJ-JNI 2.0 released with a comment saying that it may be the last release supporting Java 8. Version number on the Git repository has been set to 2.1-SNAPSHOT for next development cycle.