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Emmanuel Bourg commented on CODEC-253:
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+1 for preserving Java 7 compatibility. OpenJDK 7 is still maintained by
RedHat. Upgrading without leveraging the new language features or APIs in the
public code just reduces the user base for no benefit (besides the satisfaction
of using a newer version).
> Upgrade to Java 8
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> Key: CODEC-253
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-253
> Project: Commons Codec
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Rob Tompkins
> Assignee: Rob Tompkins
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.13
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> Upgrade to java 8 as the target of of the build.
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