Before actually changing the runtime requirement, I’d like to make sure we have good enough support for toolchains on the dev side and in CI (Jenkins, GitHub actions…). On the dev side, I once proposed to have an easy integration with sdkman, I think I did raise a PR for that months ago…
------------------------ Guillaume Nodet Le sam. 3 févr. 2024 à 15:17, Martin Desruisseaux < martin.desruisse...@geomatys.com> a écrit : > Hello > > From the replies in this thread, it seems to me that there is a > consensus for moving Maven 4 to some Java version after 8. I see: > > * 0 in favour of Java 11 > * 1.5 in favour of Java 17 (the .5 is because I split a vote between > Java 17 and 21) > * 2.5 in favour of Java 21 > * 4 seem neutral (including myself) > > Do we take that as an agreement to require Java 21 for building Maven 4? > > On a related question, what should be the minimal Java version for > *running* Maven 4? Keeping in mind that if Java 21 (for example) was > required, users would still be able to compile for an older Java version > using the --release option. > > Martin > >
