Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public-internal@cust-asf2.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public-internal@cust-asf2.ponee.io Received: from cust-asf.ponee.io (cust-asf.ponee.io [163.172.22.183]) by cust-asf2.ponee.io (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26D33200CDB for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:18:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: by cust-asf.ponee.io (Postfix) id 2520416E1AB; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by cust-asf.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C6FB16E1A9 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:18:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 23477 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jul 2017 00:18:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact issues-help@flink.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@flink.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list issues@flink.apache.org Received: (qmail 23468 invoked by uid 99); 22 Jul 2017 00:18:06 -0000 Received: from pnap-us-west-generic-nat.apache.org (HELO spamd4-us-west.apache.org) (209.188.14.142) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:06 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spamd4-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at spamd4-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id 39A6FC0043 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at spamd4-us-west.apache.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -100.002 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-100.002 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, USER_IN_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=disabled Received: from mx1-lw-us.apache.org ([10.40.0.8]) by localhost (spamd4-us-west.apache.org [10.40.0.11]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5jeAePxWnewz for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailrelay1-us-west.apache.org (mailrelay1-us-west.apache.org [209.188.14.139]) by mx1-lw-us.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mx1-lw-us.apache.org) with ESMTP id 7020A5F3BF for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jira-lw-us.apache.org (unknown [207.244.88.139]) by mailrelay1-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mailrelay1-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id 3297DE0069 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jira-lw-us.apache.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jira-lw-us.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at jira-lw-us.apache.org) with ESMTP id 569B121EE9 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:01 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:01 +0000 (UTC) From: "Eron Wright (JIRA)" To: issues@flink.apache.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [jira] [Created] (FLINK-7242) Drop Java 7 Support MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 archived-at: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:18:08 -0000 Eron Wright created FLINK-7242: ----------------------------------- Summary: Drop Java 7 Support Key: FLINK-7242 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-7242 Project: Flink Issue Type: Task Reporter: Eron Wright Priority: Critical This is the umbrella issue for dropping Java 7 support. The decision was taken following a vote [here|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/flink-dev/201707.mbox/%3CCANC1h_tawd90CU12v%2BfQ%2BQU2ORsh%3Dnob7AehT11jGHs1g5Hqtg%40mail.gmail.com%3E] and announced [here|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/flink-dev/201707.mbox/%3CCANC1h_vnxpiBnAB0OmQPD6NMH6L_PLCyWYsX32mZ0H%2BXP3%2BheQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E]. Reasons cited include new language features and compatibility with Akka 2.4 and Scala 2.12. Please open sub-tasks as necessary. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)