[KAFKA-12894] KIP-750: Drop support for Java 8 in Kafka 4.0 (deprecate in 3.0)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Labels: kip
• Assignee: Ismael Juma
• Reporter: Ismael Juma
• Created: 04/Jun/21 14:00
• Updated: 05/Oct/23 13:19

Description

We propose deprecating Java 8 support in Apache Kafka 3.0 and dropping support in Apache Kafka 4.0.

KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=181308223

Issue Links

• blocks: KAFKA-15549 Bump swagger dependency version

Sub-Tasks

• KIP-750: Deprecate support for Java 8 in Kafka 3.0: Resolved