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Michael Jumper commented on GUACAMOLE-635:
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The description from GUACAMOLE-636 (an issue created at almost exactly the same
time as this issue for the same reasons) describes things nicely:
{quote}
Per discussion in a recent pull request (see external link), this is a
last-minute addition to the 1.0.0 release to bump the target Java version for
everything *except* the guacamole-common API up to Java 1.8. The rationale is
that Java 1.6 and 1.7 have both been unsupported for multiple years, and the
risk of newer features and external requirements having issues with the older
versions of Java is high and only going to increase. It's time.
{quote}
> Build against and require Java 1.8
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> Key: GUACAMOLE-635
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GUACAMOLE-635
> Project: Guacamole
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: guacamole-client
> Reporter: Michael Jumper
> Assignee: Michael Jumper
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.0.0
>
>
> As discussed on [PR #319 for
> GUACAMOLE-220|https://github.com/apache/guacamole-client/pull/319#discussion_r219670482],
> and as [discussed on the dev@ mailing
> list|https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/874edd3a19b0cf0302cbb56f2406f6050cf4296dc31703aa34b30be6@%3Cdev.guacamole.apache.org%3E],
> continuing to support Java 1.6 at all levels of guacamole-client makes less
> and less sense:
> * Java 1.6 reached end-of-life some time ago.
> * Java 1.7 has ceased receiving further public updates.
> * Other mainstream projects which rely on Java have already moved on to 1.7+.
> Though guacamole-common should likely remain as compatible as possible,
> moving all other Java components forward to a 1.8 build seems best, with the
> upcoming major 1.0.0 release being an ideal time.
> The only non-EOL Linux distribution I've been able to find so far that lacks
> Java 1.8 is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, which is reaching EOL in April 2019.
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