[SLING-11840] Drop Java 8 support for the Sling Starter

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Starter 13
• Component/s: Starter
• Labels: Sling-13-Release-Notes
• Assignee: Robert Munteanu
• Reporter: Robert Munteanu
• Created: 21/Apr/23 09:42
• Updated: 25/Apr/23 10:13
• Resolved: 25/Apr/23 10:13

Description

We are discussiong adding a new dependency for the Jakarta JSON support ( Eclipse Parsson ) that requires Java 9 or newer ( see https://lists.apache.org/thread/2p9jx4ybpkogpkf9wdy97kv8lkzrsg0r )

The latest Jackrabbit Oak 1.50 release requires Java 11 ( https://jackrabbit.apache.org/jcr/downloads.html ).

We should consider dropping Java 8 support as well, otherwise we'll be stuck on old dependencies.

Issue Links

• blocks: SLING-11836 Add Jakarta JSON support to the Sling Starter
• is related to: SLING-11842 Drop Java 8 build support from Parent
• is related to: SLING-11843 Change Default JDK/OS for Jenkins Builds to JDK11/17 on Linux/Windows
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #152