+1 On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 12:17 PM Abhishek Agarwal <abhis...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > Starting this thread to discuss, if and when, we can drop Java 8 support. > We have been fully supporting Java 11 and Java 17 for a while now. Anyone, > who is looking to upgrade Druid, can safely select either of these LTS Java > runtimes. There are a few important reasons to drop Java 8 support > > - It adds extra burden on build/test pipelines to test all these different > runtimes. We want to shrink this matrix of Java runtime and test suites. > - Being on Java 8 will block us from upgrading dependencies that have > dropped Java 8 support. We can get around it by building profiles and shims > but it adds more complexity. One example is pac4j which is Java 11 based > from 5.x. > - As we drop support for older Java releases, developers can use the > features offered by the more advanced Java versions. >
