This time with the link to the PR: https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-shared-utils/pull/48
Tom Cooper @tomcooper.dev | https://tomcooper.dev On Monday, 15 December 2025 at 15:50, Tom Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this would be a great idea, so much so that I made a PR [1] for it > back in July ;-) > > Seriously though, I happy to close that in favour of Ferenc. I also think > moving to 2.0 (rather than 1.2) makes sense, given the deprecation. > > Regards, > > Tom Cooper > @tomcooper.dev | https://tomcooper.dev > > > On Monday, 15 December 2025 at 14:17, Martijn Visser [email protected] > wrote: > > > +1 for bumping this. Thanks for raising it Ferenc! > > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM Ferenc Csaky [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Hello devs, > > > > > > I'd like to start a discussion about releasing flink-connector-parent 2.0, > > > which > > > would drop JDK8 support. With core Flink dropping JDK8 support starting > > > with > > > 2.0, I think it makes sense to follow this up on the connector front. > > > > > > Currently, the default java version is set to JDK8 here [1]. Technically > > > it is > > > still possible to override that behavior using the dedicated Maven > > > profile, e.g. > > > "java11-target", but that is not too intuitive and can lead to mistakes, > > > cause > > > IDEs (IntelliJ) might generate Maven configs to override the target level, > > > leading to unnecessary or faulty Maven compiler configs. > > > > > > I believe providing a version that has a more recent JDK as default would > > > be > > > easier on the connector code if they would like to utilize some JDK8+ > > > features. > > > > > > In case a connector still requires JDK8, the 1.1.0 parent version does not > > > go > > > anywhere. > > > > > > I am happy to make the change and driving the release. > > > > > > WDYT? > > > > > > Best, > > > Ferenc > > > > > > [1] > > > https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-shared-utils/blob/d719c95235db17f5932d1bb5d917f7d6e195c371/pom.xml#L63
