hi Jasha,

big +1 for the  Upgrade to Java 8

regards and thanks

antonio

On Oct 27, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Jasha Joachimsthal <ja...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Apache Oltu is currently compiled to run on Java 6. This Java version is
> EOL since December 2015 [1]. Java 8 has been released in March 2014,
> more than 3,5 years ago.
> 
> We're facing an issue where we cannot change to a JSON library that has
> a compatible license for Apache projects, because the version we need is
> not supported in Java 6. [2]
> 
> Are there any objections to drop support for Java 6 in Apache Oltu and
> set the minimal JDK version to 1.8?
> 
> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OLTU-209
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jasha
> 
> 

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