This is a good first item to add to the NEWS file (if we are going to use a separate file for things like this)
-Jake On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Bill Farner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > As previously agreed [1], we are transitioning to use Java 8 language > features, thus requiring a 1.8 JVM. This aligns with oracle's end of > public updates for Java 7 [2]. > > For those of you using builds off master, please note that this will begin > as early as this week! > > [1] > > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/aurora-dev/201501.mbox/%3CCAGRA8uNKZKVOtSUOp0qwUFDfvYPhR1bg1nmxx_tgmOCA6A%2BKzQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E > [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html > > > -=Bill >
