Please see https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-215 for details, general idea is to drop Java 8 support so we can update dependencies and plan Jakarta migration.
Thanks to foss4g code sprint and Euan Mitchell for initial pull request for docs:
+1 on switching to Java 11 only on main, I’m between a -0 and a -1 on dropping on 2.22.0 too.
Dropping Java 8 support in 2.22.0, as it would give the user base only 6 months before GeoServer stops supporting Java 8 altogether
(2.20.x is about to get its last release, 2.21.x will live only up to March 2023).
The 2.21.0 release already contained a warning, quoting:
“This is likely to be the last release that supports Java 8 and we encourage users to start to make the transition to Java 11 during the lifetime of this branch.”
The message was too easy to ignore IMHO, I’d prefer to have a 2.22.0 with a title stating in unequivocal terms “This is the last release supporting Java 8, upgrade now”.
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Okay, updated proposal to target dropping Java 8 for GeoServer 2.23.0.
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On both proposals
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2022, 10:21 Jody Garnett, <jody.garnett@anonymised.com> wrote:
Okay, updated proposal to target dropping Java 8 for GeoServer 2.23.0.
Jody
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+1 on switching to Java 11 only on main, I’m between a -0 and a -1 on dropping on 2.22.0 too.
Dropping Java 8 support in 2.22.0, as it would give the user base only 6 months before GeoServer stops supporting Java 8 altogether
(2.20.x is about to get its last release, 2.21.x will live only up to March 2023).The 2.21.0 release already contained a warning, quoting:
“This is likely to be the last release that supports Java 8 and we encourage users to start to make the transition to Java 11 during the lifetime of this branch.”The message was too easy to ignore IMHO, I’d prefer to have a 2.22.0 with a title stating in unequivocal terms “This is the last release supporting Java 8, upgrade now”.
Cheers
AndreaOn Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 8:15 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@anonymised.com> wrote:
Please see https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-215 for details, general idea is to drop Java 8 support so we can update dependencies and plan Jakarta migration.
Thanks to foss4g code sprint and Euan Mitchell for initial pull request for docs:
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A community guy kudos here 
It is a good time, a lot of important projects have already planned the Java 8 baseline drop, and support will start to be an issue in the next few years. Java 11+ is on the top usage now and new versions usage will increase with the next JDK planned features.
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One interesting bit from a user list exchange: once we drop support for Java 8, we can also
remove Marlin, as Java 11 already ships with it (and it’s going to make things easier to run on JDK 17).
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Hello,
What do you plan to do with property files used for translations? Convert all of them to UTF-8 or keep them like that?
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On 2022-08-30 11:14, Jody Garnett wrote:
Please see https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-215 for details, general idea is to drop Java 8 support so we can update dependencies and plan Jakarta migration.
Thanks to foss4g code sprint and Euan Mitchell for initial pull request for docs:
If this proposal is ready for the 2.22.0 release it would simplify the process of setting up build jobs for the new release cycle. Vote early, vote often…
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+1
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Please see https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-215 for details, general idea is to drop Java 8 support so we can update dependencies and plan Jakarta migration.
Thanks to foss4g code sprint and Euan Mitchell for initial pull request for docs:
If this proposal is ready for the 2.22.0 release it would simplify the process of setting up build jobs for the new release cycle. Vote early, vote often…
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I think this proposal is now ready to be accepted? (Note it was updated to indicate 2.23.0 timeframe)
Project Steering Committee:
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I agree. We just need to wait for the availability of a release manager to cut the RC, before merging the documentation PR.
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