[jira] [Created] (ARTEMIS-3420) Target Java 11+ , i.e. drop support for Java 8

["Robbie Gemmell (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Robbie Gemmell created ARTEMIS-3420:
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             Summary: Target Java 11+ , i.e. drop support for Java 8
                 Key: ARTEMIS-3420
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-3420
             Project: ActiveMQ Artemis
          Issue Type: Task
            Reporter: Robbie Gemmell
            Assignee: Robbie Gemmell


Target Java 11 on the main branch. That is, drop support for building or running with Java 8 [/9/10] from future releases (e.g 2.19.0).

An existing release stream (e.g. from 2.18.0 as of yesterday) could be used for continued Java 8 support where needed and occasional release for important fixes for a further period of time.

This was initially proposed by Clebert ahead of 2.17.0 and discussed on the mailing list ~7 months ago (Jan 2021) in the following thread:
 [https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re59ba50c9d148d278e88d435f57f5cd4b4b69802138eb962b548ec48%40%3Cdev.activemq.apache.org%3E]

I will prod the thread with note of this JIRA and a related PR I will raise shortly.

 

(Related note for later reference: Java 17 RC1 is out, RC2 is due later this week, and final release is due in just under a month)



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