[jira] [Assigned] (RAT-283) Unify Java 8 requirement or non-requirement

["Philipp Ottlinger (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Philipp Ottlinger reassigned RAT-283:
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    Assignee: Philipp Ottlinger

> Unify Java 8 requirement or non-requirement
> -------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: RAT-283
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-283
>             Project: Apache Rat
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Elliotte Rusty Harold
>            Assignee: Philipp Ottlinger
>            Priority: Critical
>
> In the pom.xml I find dependencies that are very old to avoid requiring Java *1.6* or later. However I also see commons-io 2.8.0 that requires Java *1.8* or later. Make a clear decision on the minimum version of Java and upgrade or downgrade dependencies accordingly. 
> FYI Apache Maven requires Java 1.7 so I'd prefer not to go higher than that.
> ```
>       <dependency>
>         <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
>         <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
>         <!-- Later versions require Java 1.6+ -->
>         <version>3.2.2</version>
>       </dependency>
>       <dependency>
>         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
>         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
>         <version>2.8.0</version>
>       </dependency>
>       <dependency>
>         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
>         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
>         <!--  later versions require Java 1.6+ -->
>         <version>3.5</version>
>       </dependency>
>       <dependency>
>         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
>         <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
>         <!--  later versions require Java 1.6+ -->
>         <version>1.19</version>
>       </dependency>
> ```



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