Hello,
after recent discussions on the dev
<https://lists.apache.org/thread/0fwo7nwzy51gck4vxhyfnbnttd4jycpx> and
user <https://lists.apache.org/thread/2jnj5xrokphxhokpo5w3p6w7z0pkl9gx>
mailing list to deprecate Java 8 support, with a general consensus in
favor of it, I would now like tod o a formal vote.
The deprecation would entail a notification to our users to encourage
migrating to Java 11, and various efforts on our side to prepare a
migration to Java 11, like updating some e2e tests to actually run on
Java 11, performance benchmarking etc. .
There is no set date for the removal of Java 8 support.
We'll use the usual minimum 72h vote duration, with committers having
binding votes.
