Github user jongyoul commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/2024 I'm not sure who think what now, I just let you know the history. If you really want to move JDK8, open discussion and reach a "consensus" with community first. I think moving to JDK8 doesn't have any technical hurdle but needs to do it with Apache way.
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