Yep, I was thinking the same thing! On Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Jake Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] > <javascript:;>> 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 > > > -- -=Bill
