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Claude Warren commented on RAT-478:
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Since 17 has the javadoc error perhaps we should go to 21?
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM Philipp Ottlinger (Jira) <[email protected]>
> Drop Java8 support and set minimum language level to Java17
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> Key: RAT-478
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-478
> Project: Apache RAT
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: build
> Affects Versions: 0.16.1
> Reporter: Philipp Ottlinger
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.0.0
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> Due to the deprecation of Java8 and the low support of tooling we should
> migration to Java11 and verify building with the newest JDK to ensure the
> future of RAT with current JDKs.
> (as discussed on the mailing list)
> h2. GitHubActions
> *
> https://github.com/actions/setup-java?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-version-syntax
> * no JDK8 on macos-latest available
> * JDK8-tests fail randomly on GHA (ReportOptionTests)
> h2. ASF Jenkins
> * can we build against newest JDK25 as well?
> h2. Dependabot
> * reconfigure dependabot exclusions and check if there are any comments on
> https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/13141 as current
> exclusions do not seem to work properly
> h2. LTS version matrix
> - Java 11 (released in September 2018)
> - Java 17 (released in September 2021)
> - Java 21 (released in September 2023)
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