[PROTON-1913] Target Java 8+, i.e. drop support for Java 7

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: proton-j-0.29.0
• Component/s: proton-j
• Assignee: Robbie Gemmell
• Reporter: Robbie Gemmell
• Created: 10/Aug/18 11:43
• Updated: 14/Aug/18 14:52
• Resolved: 10/Aug/18 11:55

Description

Begin targeting Java 8, i.e requiring Java 8+ to build or use proton-j, dropping support for Java 7.

As discussed on the mailing lists:

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a451d92a769c7c3627df8b207e64b8aefcc07c8b461802d65e08b3d6@%3Cusers.qpid.apache.org%3E