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[jira] [Commented] (MPOM-262) Update Java version to 8

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPOM-262?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=17288093#comment-17288093 ] 

Michael Osipov commented on MPOM-262:
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That's wrong. Oracle Java is EOL, not Java or OpenJDK. Many vendors still support it.

> Update Java version to 8
> ------------------------
>
>                 Key: MPOM-262
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPOM-262
>             Project: Maven POMs
>          Issue Type: Dependency upgrade
>          Components: asf, maven
>            Reporter: Sylwester Lachiewicz
>            Priority: Major
>
> Java 7 is EOL from 2015: [https://www.java.com/en/download/help/java_7.html]
>  
> Github Actions also removed it from default images: [https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/2446]
>  
> Many other ASF common/shared libs requires newer Java 8.



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