+1. Maven 4 requires Java 17 for running, Ant declares to be working fine with any version until 22. In other words, the most likely users are using Java 11 anyways, or should be able to switch.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM P. Ottlinger <pottlin...@apache.org> wrote: > > Am 31.05.25 um 14:37 schrieb Claude Warren: > > I think we should drop java 8. > > The longer I think about it and the longer it takes to get out 0.17 > (with many big changes including the configuration of ignores and plugin > runs) I'm in favour of dropping the JDK8-restriction. > > +1 for raising the minimum level to JDK11 > (in order to be able to update to newer dependency versions and use more > modern language features as well) > > Cheers, > Phil -- The woman was born in a full-blown thunderstorm. She probably told it to be quiet. It probably did. (Robert Jordan, Winter's heart)
