Well, I could be mistaken but it seems EOL for java 8 is coming soon (2019 commercial 2020 personal) [1]. This seems to be the case because the new LTS is out which is java 11.
Also this new release model from oracle seems to be annoying which is pushing developers to adopt the openjdk instead. So I guess the reason for the upgrade is to strike two birds with one stone: upgrade java and switch to openjdk. With that being said, I don't have a firm opinion on upgrading and I just wanted to highlight things, I leave it to other folks to decide. [1] https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 10:38 PM Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > That would probably halt any further contributions from me in the short to > medium term. > > Can I ask why we need to require 11 when 8 is supported through to 2023? > > Regards > Scott > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 23:37 Jacques Le Roux, <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> > wrote: > > > If nobody disagree, I'll make the last move (ie ask for Java 11 in > > build.gradle) in 3 days > > > > Jacques > > > > Le 13/04/2019 à 12:34, Nicolas Malin a écrit : > > > On 13/04/2019 11:47, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > > >> I just tested, without surprise the trunk HEAD works with Java 11 > > > > > > I did the same with 18.12, works fine > > > > > > Nicolas > > > > > > > > >
