Eron Wright created FLINK-7242:
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Summary: Drop Java 7 Support
Key: FLINK-7242
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-7242
Project: Flink
Issue Type: Task
Reporter: Eron Wright
Priority: Critical
This is the umbrella issue for dropping Java 7 support. The decision was
taken following a vote
[here|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/flink-dev/201707.mbox/%3CCANC1h_tawd90CU12v%2BfQ%2BQU2ORsh%3Dnob7AehT11jGHs1g5Hqtg%40mail.gmail.com%3E]
and announced
[here|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/flink-dev/201707.mbox/%3CCANC1h_vnxpiBnAB0OmQPD6NMH6L_PLCyWYsX32mZ0H%2BXP3%2BheQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E].
Reasons cited include new language features and compatibility with Akka 2.4
and Scala 2.12.
Please open sub-tasks as necessary.
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