[jira] [Commented] (RAT-478) Drop Java8 support and set minimum language level to Java11

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

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Philipp Ottlinger commented on RAT-478:
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Starting discussion if JDK17 as minimum would be okay for users via https://lists.apache.org/thread/6ssw0hck57hygmmm4c8bk8fh5m0pvlzl

> Drop Java8 support and set minimum language level to Java11
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: RAT-478
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-478
>             Project: Apache Rat
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: build
>    Affects Versions: 0.16.1
>            Reporter: Philipp Ottlinger
>            Priority: Major
>             Fix For: 1.0.0
>
>
> Due to the deprecation of Java8 and the low support of tooling we should migration to Java11 and verify building with the newest JDK to ensure the future of RAT with current JDKs.
> (as discussed on the mailing list)
> ## GitHubActions 
> * https://github.com/actions/setup-java?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-version-syntax
> * no JDK8 on macos-latest available
> * JDK8-tests fail randomly on GHA (ReportOptionTests)
> ## ASF Jenkins
> * can we build against newest JDK25 as well?
> ## Dependabot
> * reconfigure dependabot exclusions and check if there are any comments on
> https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/13141 as current exclusions do not seem to work properly



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