David Handermann created NIFI-10147:
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Summary: Remove Support for Java 8
Key: NIFI-10147
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-10147
Project: Apache NiFi
Issue Type: Epic
Components: Core Framework, MiNiFi, NiFi Registry, NiFi Stateless
Reporter: David Handermann
Assignee: David Handermann
Fix For: 2.0.0
Although multiple vendors have planned extended support for Java 8, a number of
projects are in the process of deprecating and removing support for Java 8.
These projects include the following:
- [Jetty 9.4|https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/7958]
- [Spring
5|https://spring.io/blog/2021/09/02/a-java-17-and-jakarta-ee-9-baseline-for-spring-framework-6]
- [OpenSAML 3|https://shibboleth.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OSAML/overview]
Apache NiFi should also remove support for Java 8 in order to maintain active
support for various components.
Removing support for Java 8 requires a new major version release and will also
require several build configuration changes including the following:
- Updating Maven source and compiler settings
- Updating minimum Java build version
- Removing optional Maven build profiles
- Updating GitHub workflows
Initial discussion on a migration strategy included a tentative target of the
end of calendar year 2022.
Implementation should not proceed until after a minor release of Apache NiFi
1.17.0.
Mailing list discussion:
[https://lists.apache.org/thread/mm1xf3b9nvrcgytb92oy3swvvc45fl34]
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