Joseph Witt created NIFI-692:
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Summary: Move minimum requirement of Java to Java 8
Key: NIFI-692
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-692
Project: Apache NiFi
Issue Type: Task
Components: Core Framework, Documentation & Website, Tools and Build
Reporter: Joseph Witt
Assignee: Joseph Witt
Fix For: 0.3.0
All,
Would like to kick off a discussion for thoughts on moving the minimum
Java requirement for NiFi to Java 8. There are a two immediate
reasons that make this seem wise:
1) Java 7 EOL and specifically for security fixes
https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml
2) Key dependencies moving to Java8
https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00080.html
Now, item 1 does not mean we must move our minimum to Java 8 but item
2 does. Java 8 offers some nice language enhancements which could be
quite useful within the framework.
I propose we make this change happen in NiFi 0.3.x line.
Thanks
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