Github user jvz commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/105
No real plan to upgrade to Java 8 for at least another year or so I
believe. Too many people still depending on 7 as a baseline. It would be neat
if there were some creative way to support multiple versions of Java similar to
how Babel works for JS, though.
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