Make Java 7 the default language syntax and minimum build version

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At the Sakai Core Team call there were some compelling reasons to move past Java 6 and the minimum language requirement.

  • Java 6 EOL

  • Newer third party libs require Java 7 to run (For example Elastic Search 1.2)

  • language syntax bump (can now use Java 7 language features)

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Hudson CI Server October 30, 2014 at 2:08 PM

SUCCESS: Integrated in sakai-trunk-java-1.7 #510 (See http://builds.sakaiproject.org:8080/job/sakai-trunk-java-1.7/510/)
remove java 1.6 profiles in search (enietzel@anisakai.com: rev 315021)

Sam Ottenhoff October 30, 2014 at 9:24 AM

Earle:

search/search-impl/impl/pom.xml:20: <jdk>1.6</jdk>
search/search-test/pom.xml:20: <jdk>1.6</jdk>

Hudson CI Server October 27, 2014 at 11:32 PM

SUCCESS: Integrated in sakai-trunk-java-1.7 #501 (See http://builds.sakaiproject.org:8080/job/sakai-trunk-java-1.7/501/)
make java 7 the default language syntax (enietzel@anisakai.com: rev 314932)

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Created October 23, 2014 at 10:37 AM
Updated February 22, 2016 at 11:29 AM
Resolved October 27, 2014 at 4:58 PM