[SLING-11842] Drop Java 8 build support from Parent

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: Parent 60 (Java 11)
• Component/s: General
• Assignee: Konrad Windszus
• Reporter: Konrad Windszus
• Created: 21/Apr/23 10:17
• Updated: 24/Nov/23 19:42

Description

Given that Java 8 is EOL since quite some time, and soon Java 21 will be the default LTS release we should drop support for Java 8 (that allows to get rid of some profiles and plugins like https://www.mojohaus.org/animal-sniffer/animal-sniffer-maven-plugin/).

Even the newest JDK21 LTS still allows to build for Java 8, so this only restrict the Java versions being used for building (not for running).

Issue Links

• is related to: SLING-11841 Target Java 11 by default
• is related to: SLING-11843 Change Default JDK/OS for Jenkins Builds to JDK11/17 on Linux/Windows
• relates to: SLING-11840 Drop Java 8 support for the Sling Starter
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #38