[jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-4423) Drop support for Java 7

["Ismael Juma (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4423?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ismael Juma updated KAFKA-4423:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 0.11.0.0)
                   0.12.0.0

> Drop support for Java 7
> -----------------------
>
>                 Key: KAFKA-4423
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4423
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Task
>            Reporter: Ismael Juma
>            Assignee: Ismael Juma
>              Labels: kip
>             Fix For: 0.12.0.0
>
>
> 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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