On Sat, 2026-03-21 at 07:34 -0700, Ryan Schmitt wrote: > It looks like RAT won't get any more updates on Java 8. Should we > raise our > build-time Java requirement to 17? An increasing amount of build > tooling is > dropping support for Java 8, including Maven itself (Maven 4 has to > run on > Java 17+), and Windows for ARM doesn't even *have* Java versions > older than > 17. This isn't an externally visible change, as we would still build > for > Java 8 and test on Java 8/11 JREs; it mainly involves reworking the > CI > workflows and the POM files as needed. >
Ryan, There is a bigger question. How would you feel about dropping support for Java 8 and 11 altogether? Is compatibility with those JREs still important for Amazon? When do you think we could finally discontinue support for those versions? Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
