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Ismael Juma updated KAFKA-4423:
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Fix Version/s: 0.11.0.0
> Drop support for Java 7
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> Key: KAFKA-4423
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4423
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: Ismael Juma
> Assignee: Ismael Juma
> Labels: kip
> Fix For: 0.11.0.0
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> Java 7 was released in July 2011, it hasn't received public updates since
> April 2015, Java 8 was released in March 2014 and Java 9 is scheduled to be
> released in July 2017.
> The last public release of JDK 7 by Oracle contains a large number of known
> security vulnerabilities and Java 8 introduces a number of
> compelling features and we will soon have to support Java 9 so it would be
> good to drop support for Java 7 in 2017. The actual timing would depend on
> when we release the next major release of Kafka.
> More details on pros and cons are captured in the following discussion thread
> in the mailing list:
> http://search-hadoop.com/m/Kafka/uyzND1oIhV61GS5Sf2
> Before we can do this, we need to discuss and vote on a concrete proposal in
> the mailing list.
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