[PIVOT-895] Update requirements to Java 7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Fix Version/s: 2.1, 2.1.0
• Labels: build dependencies java
• Assignee: Sandro Martini
• Reporter: Sandro Martini
• Created: 20/Feb/13 16:09
• Updated: 18/Jun/17 00:11
• Resolved: 18/Jun/17 00:11

Description

Now that Java 6 is going in Out-of-Life (and support without paying for it) it's time to update dependencies and require Java 7 as a minimum version to build and run Pivot Applications.
Of course maintenance branch 2.0.x will stay with Java 6 as requirements.

Some related info:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/08/ava-6-eol-extended

And then, verify if disable (not delete for now) existing jobs on Jenkins that builds the trunk with Java 6 ... anyway they could be useful to see if we have some incompatibility with Java 6.

Then, we can even remove few little tricks due to bugs (not fixed) in Java 6.

Issue Links

• blocks: PIVOT-915 Add Java 7 requirement to all demo and tutorial pages on the site
• is related to: PIVOT-968 Use try-with-resources