All, Would like to kick off a discussion for thoughts on moving the minimum Java requirement for NiFi to Java 8. There are a two immediate reasons that make this seem wise:
1) Java 7 EOL and specifically for security fixes https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml 2) Key dependencies moving to Java8 https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00080.html Now, item 1 does not mean we must move our minimum to Java 8 but item 2 does. Java 8 offers some nice language enhancements which could be quite useful within the framework. I propose we make this change happen in NiFi 0.3.x line. Thanks Joe
