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Arjan Tijms commented on MNG-6399:
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I also think it would be a good idea to say something about baseline version
updated in some formal way.
Before long we'll be on Java 24, and if Maven would still be restricted to Java
7 it would feel completely antiquated, which on its turn would hinder new
developers coming into the project.
Just think of you wanting to contribute to a project today. You clone its
source, ready to inspect it and find out where to start. Then horrors of
horrors, it appears to be Java 1.0!
Not even the collection framework would be there, everyone being Vector and
Hashtable, and that all because the maintainer 15 years ago saw zero benefit in
updating tot Java 1.1.
> Lift JDK minimum to JDK 8
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> Key: MNG-6399
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6399
> Project: Maven
> Issue Type: Task
> Affects Versions: 3.6.0
> Reporter: Karl Heinz Marbaise
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: 3.6.x-candidate
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> I would like to lift the minimum of Maven Core to JDK 8 (I think it's time)..
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