Posted by Manu on Feb 04, 2020; 11:19am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/JogAmp-Jbeil-RC-Build-2-4-0-rc-20200202-tp4040323p4040330.html

Thanks for all the reasons about dropping Java 6/7 support, and sorry if you had to repeat them.

As I include Java 3D 1.5.2 and Java 3D 1.6 with Sweet Home 3D for various reasons (see for example this thread), I will continue to use Java 3D 1.5.2 under Java 6/7 (still a few users are obliged to use Apple Java 6 under old Mac OS X computers) in the version of the program that will be updated with JOGL 2.4.

Keep in mind that dropping Java 7 support in JOGL will break Java 3D programs requiring Java 7 under macOS, because Java 3D 1.5.2 can't run with Java > 6 under that system. Hopefully those programs will upgrade to Java 8, if there are any.