Require Java 17 (LTS)

[TheSnoozer]

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As per https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html
11 (LTS) Premier Support Until September 2023.

Maybe the plugin should require Java 17?

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[TheSnoozer]

As per https://maven.apache.org/docs/history.html
maven 4.0.0-alpha-13 now requires Java 17

[elharo]

Please don't. We are using this with Java 8. I expect others are too.
Also note that Oracle != Java. Java 8 is fully supported by multiple vendors

[TheSnoozer]

Maven 4.X is requiring Java 17 so this (breaking)change will eventually happen, not sure when.

Certainly there is IMHO the following to consider:

• September 2023 for Oracle Premier Support (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html)
• October 2027 for Eclipse Temurin (https://adoptium.net/support)
• October 2027 for Amazon Corretto (https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/faqs)
• January 2032 for Azul (https://www.azul.com/products/azul-support-roadmap)
• January 2032 for Oracle Extended Support (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html)

Whenever it is happening needs to evaluate what the best new version would be....I guess as this is a maven plugin following maven makes sense and enforcing java 17 eventually...

[elharo]

But Maven 3.9 is continuing, and I expect many projects will stick with that for compatibility reasons. Java 8 will go away eventually but not for multiple years yet.