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Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 09:43:57 -0700
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Subject: Re: Heads up: Requiring java 8
From: Bill Farner <wfarner@apache.org>
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Yep, I was thinking the same thing!

On Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Jake Farrell <jfarrell@apache.org> wrote:

> This is a good first item to add to the NEWS file (if we are going to use a
> separate file for things like this)
>
> -Jake
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Bill Farner <wfarner@apache.org
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > As previously agreed [1], we are transitioning to use Java 8 language
> > features, thus requiring a 1.8 JVM.  This aligns with oracle's end of
> > public updates for Java 7 [2].
> >
> > For those of you using builds off master, please note that this will
> begin
> > as early as this week!
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/aurora-dev/201501.mbox/%3CCAGRA8uNKZKVOtSUOp0qwUFDfvYPhR1bg1nmxx_tgmOCA6A%2BKzQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
> > [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
> >
> >
> > -=Bill
> >
>


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