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ASF GitHub Bot commented on KAFKA-4423:
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ijuma opened a new pull request #5046: KAFKA-4423: Drop support for Java 7
(KIP-118)
URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/5046
Do not merge this yet.
### Committer Checklist (excluded from commit message)
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> Drop support for Java 7
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>
> Key: KAFKA-4423
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4423
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: Ismael Juma
> Assignee: Ismael Juma
> Priority: Major
> Labels: kip
> Fix For: 2.0.0
>
>
> Java 7 was released in July 2011, it hasn't received public updates since
> April 2015, Java 8 was released in March 2014 and Java 9 is scheduled to be
> released in July 2017.
> The last public release of JDK 7 by Oracle contains a large number of known
> security vulnerabilities and Java 8 introduces a number of
> compelling features and we will soon have to support Java 9 so it would be
> good to drop support for Java 7 in 2017. The actual timing would depend on
> when we release the next major release of Kafka.
> More details can be found in the KIP:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-118%3A+Drop+Support+for+Java+7+in+Kafka+0.11
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