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Re: [cdt-dev] Fwd: [cross-project-issues-dev] Upgrading the Eclipse SDK target environment for the *September* Eclipse release...

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Jonah Graham
Kichwa Coders
www.kichwacoders.com


On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 at 02:32, Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 11:53 PM Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Java 11 will be a requirement to compile and run Eclipse Platform project from 2020-09 release.

> and it is fine for components to support earlier versions of Java.

This means that various bundles coming from Platform can still run on Java 8 but the whole SDK will need Java 11 to work. This is relevant for cases where someone uses  equinox or  swt or ecj as components on their own. For IDE plugins that would be irrelevant.

Thanks Alex - I didn't understand this subtlety.

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