Now that I checked around a bit in the flink-connector-shared-utils repo, I see there is already a ticket for this [1].
Although the open change sets the parent version to 1.2.0 instead of 2.0.0, which seems problematic IMO, cause this will be a breaking change. Anyways, I'll check if Tom can still work on this and wrap this change up. Best, Ferenc [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38048 On Monday, December 15th, 2025 at 15:16, Martijn Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 for bumping this. Thanks for raising it Ferenc! > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM Ferenc Csaky [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello devs, > > > > I'd like to start a discussion about releasing flink-connector-parent 2.0, > > which > > would drop JDK8 support. With core Flink dropping JDK8 support starting > > with > > 2.0, I think it makes sense to follow this up on the connector front. > > > > Currently, the default java version is set to JDK8 here [1]. Technically > > it is > > still possible to override that behavior using the dedicated Maven > > profile, e.g. > > "java11-target", but that is not too intuitive and can lead to mistakes, > > cause > > IDEs (IntelliJ) might generate Maven configs to override the target level, > > leading to unnecessary or faulty Maven compiler configs. > > > > I believe providing a version that has a more recent JDK as default would > > be > > easier on the connector code if they would like to utilize some JDK8+ > > features. > > > > In case a connector still requires JDK8, the 1.1.0 parent version does not > > go > > anywhere. > > > > I am happy to make the change and driving the release. > > > > WDYT? > > > > Best, > > Ferenc > > > > [1] > > https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-shared-utils/blob/d719c95235db17f5932d1bb5d917f7d6e195c371/pom.xml#L63
