Minimal JDK version requirements

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 1/22/19 8:14 AM, keita abdoul-kader wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there any plan to move the JDK requirement from 8 to something 
> higher since 8 is soon to be deprecated ?
> Thanks


There's two aspects to this.

1. It should be *possible* to run jtreg on recent versions of JDK.

2. It remains the case that it is desirable to be able to run jtreg on 
old versions, to enable running tests for the oldest supported version 
of the platform.

-- Jon