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Julian Reschke edited comment on OAK-10001 at 11/16/22 2:11 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- If we want to somehow abandon 1.22, we'll need to put more work on releasing from trunk (the current release already is six months old). was (Author: reschke): If we want to somehow abandon 1.22, we'll need to put more work on releasing from trunk (the currently release already is six months old). > Bump up minimal Java version to 11 > ---------------------------------- > > Key: OAK-10001 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-10001 > Project: Jackrabbit Oak > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Julian Reschke > Assignee: Julian Reschke > Priority: Major > > Active support for Java 8 ended a few months ago (see > https://endoflife.date/java). > Java 11 has been available for four years, and offers various improvements > (in particular, it contains extensions that may help in avoiding use of Guava > (see OAK-7182). > (Note that even Java 11 will be out of active support in a few months - so a > subsequent update to the next LTS release - Java 17 - is not that far away). > Potential downsides: > - backports to 1.22 might become harder (1.8 will be EOLd next spring anyway). -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)