Martin Wiesner created OPENNLP-1496:
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Summary: Migrate OpenNLP towards JDK 17
Key: OPENNLP-1496
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-1496
Project: OpenNLP
Issue Type: Task
Affects Versions: 2.2.0
Reporter: Martin Wiesner
Assignee: Martin Wiesner
Fix For: 2.2.1
Time progresses and Java *11* LTS is set to be EOL with *30 Sep 2023* (see:
[https://endoflife.date/java)]. This date will hit pretty soon{^}1{^}.
With that in mind, the project should consider to migrate the build towards the
next LTS release, Java {*}17{*}. This will be supported until at least 30 Sep
*2026.*
Aims:
* Keep pace with the Java ecosystem,
* Modernizes the code base with new(er) language features,
* Benefit from nice performance enhancements and fixes provided with 17.x LTS.
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^1^ Keep in mind the summer is coming and many other tasks are on our lists :)
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