+1 Although this usually also means that we don’t execute ITs with a lower version either.
> On 9. Oct 2025, at 01:31, Eric Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > > To resolve SLING-12624 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-12624> > we can either bump the spotless-maven-plugin to the latest version (3.0.0) > which requires java 17 or later, or to the previous version (2.46.1) that > still works with java 11. > > NOTE: sling-bundle-parent project has already > changed minimalJavaBuildVersion to 17 because Bnd 7+ requires Java 17 > > Also, for many of the JDK distributions, Java 11 has reached EOL status a > while ago. > > So my proposal is to bump the minimalJavaBuildVersion to 17 in sling-parent > to unify it in both places so we are ready to use third-party libraries > that now require it. > > But I thought I would check if anyone still uses Java 11 and would object > to the change. > > Please vote to approve this proposal: > > [ ] +1 Approve the proposal > [ ] 0 Don't care > [ ] -1 Don't change, because ... > > This majority vote is open for at least 72 hours.
