Proposing to move JMC 9 to JDK 17.

[Miro Wengner]

+1
Kind Regards
Miro

> On 27. Apr 2023, at 17:29, Marcus Hirt <marcus.hirt at datadoghq.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I propose that we move JMC 9 to use JDK 17 for compiling all parts of
> JMC 9, including JMC core. The reason is that we need to move to Tycho
> 3.0 to properly support working with the project in the newer versions
> of Eclipse.
> 
> I also propose to require JDK 17 for running all parts of JMC 9, to
> simplify requirements, and to allow developers to use JDK 17 features
> when developing JMC. We already require JDK 17 to run the RCP
> application build of JMC, since newer versions of the Eclipse platform
> require JDK 17 to run.
> 
> Note that it will still be possible to connect to, read and process
> JFR recordings from, and run the other tools  (e.g. JOverflow) on
> processes running JDK 8+.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Marcus