[QPID-7621] Target Java 8+, i.e. drop support for Java 7

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: qpid-java-broker-7.0.0
• Component/s: Broker-J
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Keith Wall
• Created: 13/Jan/17 15:24
• Updated: 02/Oct/19 19:22
• Resolved: 27/Mar/17 12:40

Description

Begin targeting Java 8 for the Qpid Broker for Java, i.e requiring Java 8+ to build or use the broker, dropping support for Java 7.

As discussed on the mailing lists:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/00b8f739bd5a653ebb1ce096566fdaf35b0c8cfe749b2ba81bf7c38c@%3Cusers.qpid.apache.org%3E