[KAFKA-4423] Drop support for Java 7

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Labels: kip
• Assignee: Ismael Juma
• Reporter: Ismael Juma
• Created: 18/Nov/16 15:00
• Updated: 22/May/18 06:22
• Resolved: 22/May/18 06:22

Description

Java 7 was released in July 2011, it hasn't received public updates since April 2015, Java 8 was released in March 2014 and Java 9 is scheduled to be released in July 2017.

The last public release of JDK 7 by Oracle contains a large number of known security vulnerabilities and Java 8 introduces a number of
compelling features and we will soon have to support Java 9 so it would be good to drop support for Java 7 in 2017. The actual timing would depend on when we release the next major release of Kafka.

More details can be found in the KIP:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-118%3A+Drop+Support+for+Java+7+in+Kafka+0.11

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5046
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