As suggested in the LTS discussion ([LAZY][VOTE] A basic, but concrete, LTS proposal), I'm breaking this out to as a separate thread to keep the topic distinct.
The proposal - I would like to start the formal release process for a 1.10 version that would change the java language level to java 8. The release would be based on the current 1.9 branch and would be released instead of a 1.9.4. The 1.10 release would not contain additional feature changes that are not present in the current 1.9 branch. Currently, this would be based on the commit SHA: 328ffa0849981e0f113dfbf539c832b447e06902 - committed Thu Oct 10. (I am unaware of any bug-fixes or issues in the pipe line that would / should be included - but hopefully this makes the intention clear.) The goal is to provide a candidate for LTS nomination that is based on the current 1.9.x code, but unifies our currently supported branches to all use java 8 as the supported language level. While this had been discussed in the past, enough time has passed that a java 8 requirement now, seems to me, to be unlikely to impact any customers that would look to upgrade Accumulo past a 1.9.3 version and have them not running at least java 8. Having our code base with a modern, unified java language support level would greatly benefit our development and reduce the burden to support our multiple branches. This vote will be held open for at least the standard 72 hours.
