From 72e0b27dc47ae6427130bc9005b99180c164ffb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simeon Andreev <simeon.danailov.andreev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:14:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added JDT Java compiler entry for removed Java 7 support in
 ecj

Added an entry for JDT, mentioning the removal of source, target and
release Java 7 and below.

See the respective JDT issue:
https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core/issues/2536
Signed-off-by: Simeon Andreev <simeon.danailov.andreev@gmail.com>
---
 news/4.33/jdt.html | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/news/4.33/jdt.html b/news/4.33/jdt.html
index ca1a2d57..55e9e5ec 100644
--- a/news/4.33/jdt.html
+++ b/news/4.33/jdt.html
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ <h2>Java Views and Dialogs</h2>
     <h2>Java Compiler</h2>
     </td>
   </tr>
+
+  <tr id="removed-support-for-java7-and-below">
+    <td class="title"><a href="#removed-support-for-java7-and-below">Removed support for souce, target and release Java 7 and below</a></td>
+    <td class="content">
+    <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/pull/1367 -->
+    <p>The following compiler options are now supported only for Java 8 and above: <code>--release</code>, <code>--source</code>, <code>--target</code> </p>
+    <p>I.e. from Eclipse 4.33 onward, <code>ecj</code> will no longer be able to produce JRE 7 (and below) compliant byte code, as the options metioned above now are supported only for Java 8+.</p>
+	<p>This is the equivalent of Java 21 only supporting those options for Java 8+.</p>
+	</td>
+    </tr>
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