Lowering minimum runtime requirement to Java 11

[Dalibor Topic]

On 09.02.2021 21:03, Attila Szegedi wrote:
> There’s one minor point to consider: should it be compiled with Java 15 compiler, but targeting 11, or should it simply be compiled with Java 11 compiler? Is there any advantage in using javac from 15 targeting 11?

I think it's usually better to set the javac --release flag to 11 in 
order to keep your options open to use the latest JDK release during 
development, than to limit yourself to building the code with the lowest 
supported release.

cheers,

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