Hey,
We are going to make Java 8 required for upcoming Beta1.
To see what kind of reaction we will get on moving to Java 8.
This does *not* mean you should add Java 8 features to the codebase.
We will still compile with Java 7 where we can, as we might be
required to support Java 7 before GA.
Thus don't get too excited - but at least be happy users
will run with a faster Java with better memory management!
/max
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