use java 8 in DescripTor

this should only be finished when all depending Metrics projects use java 8.

changed milestone to %metrics-lib 2.1.0

added component::metrics/library milestone::metrics-lib 2.1.0 owner::metrics-team parent::19617 priority::medium resolution::implemented severity::normal status::closed type::enhancement labels

Trac:
Milestone: N/A to metrics-lib 2.0.0

I'd like to put this on hold until Java 8 is available in Debian stable, not just in backports, and that might still take a couple of months. (If Java 8 had any critical features or fixes that we'd rely on, we could use backports, but it seems that's not the case, so why rush this.) And once Java 8 is in Debian stable we'll have to wait until all projects depending on metrics-lib have upgraded, which may take another month or so. The 2.0.0 milestone seems too optimistic for all this, so I'm removing the milestone for now.

Trac:
Milestone: metrics-lib 2.0.0 to N/A

Handing over to metrics-team, because I'm not currently working on this.

Trac:
Owner: karsten to metrics-team
Status: new to assigned

When all code bases depending on metrics-lib have upgraded to Java 8 we can partially revert 13a22d9 (just the build.xml change).

Done. metrics-lib 2.1.0 uses Java 8. Closing.

Trac:
Status: assigned to closed
Resolution: N/A to implemented

Trac:
Milestone: N/A to metrics-lib 2.1.0

closed