[Summary] Dropping Support for Java 8: Compatibility Breaks Ahead

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#2,499 opened on Apr 1, 2024 1 comment 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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api improvement java11 todo

subtask of https://github.com/apache/incubator-hugegraph/issues/2265

drop support for java8: https://github.com/apache/incubator-hugegraph/pull/2498
upgrade Hbase 2.3+ to use Java11 runtime & drop the Java8 in server's CI https://github.com/apache/incubator-hugegraph/blob/1228dec04d38735b6f8b69244740fbd62310c2de/.github/workflows/server-ci.yml#L48
compiler.source/target https://github.com/apache/incubator-hugegraph/pull/2574
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