-1 Changing such an important requirement in the RC phase isn't professional.
On 2025/04/30 13:12:43 Matthias Bünger wrote: > Hi everyone, > over the last years we had several discussions about lifting the > required Java version to run Maven from 8 to something higher. You can > find them in the mail archive. > In February 2024 we decided to lift it to 17 (see result: [1*]). > > An argument to pick 17 instead of 21 was to take the (at the point of > voting) second last JDK for which vendors offer LTS (Note: LTS is > important for companies). > With Java 25 (next with LTS) coming in September and a final Maven 4.0.0 > on the horizon (no date yet), I think we should raise the minimum > version once more and use Java 21, which will be the second last > "LTS-JDK" in September. Doing this brings the benefit of avoid locking > into an "already considered old" version (and of course the improvements > of Java 18-21). > > In a chat with several PMC, committers and contributors nobody saw > strong disadvantages on this. Therefore, I want to start the official > vote to set the minimal Java bytecode target of Maven-Core 4 to 21, > meaning Java 21 is required for Maven 4. > > This is a procedural majority vote [2*]. You can also vote with > fractions and negative votes are not vetoes. > Please refrain from starting discussions in this thread, but do include > a reasoning on downvotes and feel free to start a new discussion on the > mailing list. > > The vote is open for at least 72 hours. > > Please also notice: > * Maven 3 will stay at Java 8. > * It's about the minimum Java version to run Maven 4, not to compile > applications against. With Java 21 you can compile down to Java 8. For > special JDK needs, also toolchain tools can be used. > > > Have a sunny day everyone > > Matthias > > [1*]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/bfkvvjftrxypp06yj8zj919fcz0dt2zt > [2*]: https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
