[OAK-5664] Require Java 8

• Type: Epic
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0, 1.8.0
• Assignee: Julian Reschke
• Reporter: Julian Reschke
• Created: 15/Feb/17 10:26
• Updated: 09/Jan/18 13:37
• Resolved: 20/Apr/17 15:16

Description

At some point, we should move the required Java version to Java 8.

This ticket can be used to capture the discussion around that, and to link to other changes which are blocked by not being on Java 8 yet.

Issue Links

• blocks: OAK-3150 Update Lucene to 6.x series
• blocks: OAK-5653 RDB*Store: update Derby to release 10.13
• blocks: JCR-4112 Require Java 8
• is blocked by: OAK-6047 incorrect metatype annotations
• is blocked by: OAK-6048 Java 8 compilation failure in ConfigurationParametersTest.java
• is blocked by: OAK-6049 incorrect metatype annotations in CustomRestrictionProvider exercise
• is related to: OAK-6055 update to latest apache parent pom (18)
• is related to: OAK-6089 update maven plugins
• is related to: OAK-7130 Update README.md with Java 8 requirement