Non-binding +1 :)

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Non-binding +1
>
> Gary
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 09:12 Matthias Bünger <mbuen...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > over the last years we had several discussions about lifting the
> > required Java version to run Maven from 8 to something higher. You can
> > find them in the mail archive.
> > In February 2024 we decided to lift it to 17 (see result: [1*]).
> >
> > An argument to pick 17 instead of 21 was to take the (at the point of
> > voting) second last JDK for which vendors offer LTS (Note: LTS is
> > important for companies).
> > With Java 25 (next with LTS) coming in September and a final Maven 4.0.0
> > on the horizon (no date yet), I think we should raise the minimum
> > version once more and use Java 21, which will be the second last
> > "LTS-JDK" in September. Doing this brings the benefit of avoid locking
> > into an "already considered old" version (and of course the improvements
> > of Java 18-21).
> >
> > In a chat with several PMC, committers and contributors nobody saw
> > strong disadvantages on this. Therefore, I want to start the official
> > vote to set the minimal Java bytecode target of Maven-Core 4 to 21,
> > meaning Java 21 is required for Maven 4.
> >
> > This is a procedural majority vote [2*]. You can also vote with
> > fractions and negative votes are not vetoes.
> > Please refrain from starting discussions in this thread, but do include
> > a reasoning on downvotes and feel free to start a new discussion on the
> > mailing list.
> >
> > The vote is open for at least 72 hours.
> >
> > Please also notice:
> > * Maven 3 will stay at Java 8.
> > * It's about the minimum Java version to run Maven 4, not to compile
> > applications against. With Java 21 you can compile down to Java 8. For
> > special JDK needs, also toolchain tools can be used.
> >
> >
> > Have a sunny day everyone
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> > [1*]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/bfkvvjftrxypp06yj8zj919fcz0dt2zt
> > [2*]: https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
> >
> >
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