Raise the minimum Java version to 11. (#6557)

.github/workflows/java-8-builds.yml → .github/workflows/java-11-builds.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Java 8 CI (MC 1.13-1.16)
+name: Java 11 CI (MC 1.13-1.16)
 
 on:
     push:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
               run: chmod +x gradlew
             - name: Build Skript and run test scripts
-              run: ./gradlew clean skriptTestJava8
+              run: ./gradlew clean skriptTestJava11
             - name: Upload Nightly Build
               uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
               if: success()

.github/workflows/junit-8-builds.yml → .github/workflows/junit-11-builds.yml

@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
             - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
               run: chmod +x gradlew
             - name: Build Skript and run JUnit
-              run: ./gradlew clean JUnitJava8
+              run: ./gradlew clean JUnitJava11

README.md

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ Skript requires **Spigot** to work. You heard it right, **CraftBukkit** does *no
 **Paper**, which is a fork of Spigot, is recommended; it is required for some
 parts of Skript to be available.
 
-Skript supports only the **latest** patch versions of Minecraft 1.9+.
+Skript supports only the **latest** patch versions of Minecraft 1.13+.
 For example, this means that 1.16.5 is supported, but 1.16.4 is *not*.
 Testing with all old patch versions is not feasible for us.
 
-Minecraft 1.8 and earlier are not, and will not be supported. New Minecraft
+Minecraft 1.12 and earlier are not, and will not be supported. New Minecraft
 versions will be supported as soon as possible.
 
 ## Download
@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ Skript has some tests written in Skript. Running them requires a Minecraft
 server, but our build script will create one for you. Running the tests is easy:
 
 ```
-./gradlew (quickTest|skriptTest|skriptTestJava8|skriptTestJava17|skriptTestJava21)
+./gradlew (quickTest|skriptTest|skriptTestJava11|skriptTestJava17|skriptTestJava21)
 ```
 
 <code>quickTest</code> runs the test suite on newest supported server version.
 <code>skriptTestJava21</code> (1.20.6+) runs the tests on Java 21 supported versions.
 <code>skriptTestJava17</code> (1.17-1.20.4) runs the tests on Java 17 supported versions.
-<code>skriptTestJava8</code> (1.13-1.16) runs the tests on Java 8 supported versions.
+<code>skriptTestJava11</code> (1.13-1.16) runs the tests on Java 11 supported versions.
 <code>skriptTest</code> runs the tests on all versions.
-That is, it runs skriptTestJava8, skriptTestJava17, and skriptTestJava21.
+That is, it runs skriptTestJava11, skriptTestJava17, and skriptTestJava21.
 
 By running the tests, you agree to Mojang's End User License Agreement.
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 ```
 
-An example of the version tag would be ```dev37c```.
+An example of the version tag would be ```2.8.5```.
 
 > Note: If Gradle isn't able to resolve Skript's dependencies, just [disable the resolution of transitive dependencies](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/resolution_rules.html#sec:disabling_resolution_transitive_dependencies) for Skript in your project.
 

build.gradle

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ task build(overwrite: true, type: ShadowJar) {
 	from sourceSets.main.output
 }
 
-// Excludes the tests for the build task. Should be using junit, junitJava17, junitJava8, skriptTest, quickTest.
+// Excludes the tests for the build task. Should be using junit, junitJava17, junitJava11, skriptTest, quickTest.
 // We do not want tests to run for building. That's time consuming and annoying. Especially in development.
 test {
 	exclude '**/*'
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void createTestTask(String name, String desc, String environments, int javaVersi
 			if (!gradle.taskGraph.hasTask(":tasks") && !gradle.startParameter.dryRun && modifiers.contains(Modifiers.PROFILE)) {
 				if (!project.hasProperty('profiler'))
 					throw new MissingPropertyException('Add parameter -Pprofiler=<path to profiler>', 'profiler', String.class)
-	
+
 				args += '-agentpath:' + project.property('profiler') + '=port=8849,nowait'
 			}
 		}
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ void createTestTask(String name, String desc, String environments, int javaVersi
 
 def java21 = 21
 def java17 = 17
-def java8 = 8
+def java11 = 11
 
 def latestEnv = 'java21/paper-1.20.6.json'
 def latestJava = java21
-def oldestJava = java8
+def oldestJava = java11
 
 def latestJUnitEnv = 'java17/paper-1.20.4.json'
 def latestJUnitJava = java17
@@ -260,25 +260,25 @@ int envJava = project.property('testEnvJavaVersion') == null ? latestJava : Inte
 createTestTask('quickTest', 'Runs tests on one environment being the latest supported Java and Minecraft.', environments + latestEnv, latestJava, 0)
 createTestTask('skriptTestJava21', 'Runs tests on all Java 21 environments.', environments + 'java21', java21, 0)
 createTestTask('skriptTestJava17', 'Runs tests on all Java 17 environments.', environments + 'java17', java17, 0)
-createTestTask('skriptTestJava8', 'Runs tests on all Java 8 environments.', environments + 'java8', java8, 0)
+createTestTask('skriptTestJava11', 'Runs tests on all Java 11 environments.', environments + 'java11', java11, 0)
 createTestTask('skriptTestDev', 'Runs testing server and uses \'system.in\' for command input, stop server to finish.', environments + env, envJava, 0, Modifiers.DEV_MODE, Modifiers.DEBUG)
 createTestTask('skriptProfile', 'Starts the testing server with JProfiler support.', environments + latestEnv, latestJava, -1, Modifiers.PROFILE)
 createTestTask('genNightlyDocs', 'Generates the Skript documentation website html files.', environments + env, envJava, 0, Modifiers.GEN_NIGHTLY_DOCS)
 createTestTask('genReleaseDocs', 'Generates the Skript documentation website html files for a release.', environments + env, envJava, 0, Modifiers.GEN_RELEASE_DOCS)
 tasks.register('skriptTest') {
 	description = 'Runs tests on all environments.'
-	dependsOn skriptTestJava8, skriptTestJava17, skriptTestJava21
+	dependsOn skriptTestJava11, skriptTestJava17, skriptTestJava21
 }
 
 createTestTask('JUnitQuick', 'Runs JUnit tests on one environment being the latest supported Java and Minecraft.', environments + latestJUnitEnv, latestJUnitJava, 0, Modifiers.JUNIT)
 // Disabled as EasyMock 5.2.0 is required for Java 21 support
 // However, we are currently using 5.0.1 (see https://github.com/SkriptLang/Skript/pull/6204#discussion_r1405302009)
 //createTestTask('JUnitJava21', 'Runs JUnit tests on all Java 21 environments.', environments + 'java21', java21, 0, Modifiers.JUNIT)
 createTestTask('JUnitJava17', 'Runs JUnit tests on all Java 17 environments.', environments + 'java17', java17, 0, Modifiers.JUNIT)
-createTestTask('JUnitJava8', 'Runs JUnit tests on all Java 8 environments.', environments + 'java8', java8, 0, Modifiers.JUNIT)
+createTestTask('JUnitJava11', 'Runs JUnit tests on all Java 11 environments.', environments + 'java11', java11, 0, Modifiers.JUNIT)
 tasks.register('JUnit') {
 	description = 'Runs JUnit tests on all environments.'
-	dependsOn JUnitJava8, JUnitJava17//, JUnitJava21
+	dependsOn JUnitJava11, JUnitJava17//, JUnitJava21
 }
 
 // Build flavor configurations
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ javadoc {
 	exclude("ch/njol/skript/lang/function/ExprFunctionCall.java")
 	exclude("ch/njol/skript/hooks/**")
 	exclude("ch/njol/skript/test/**")
-	
+
 	classpath = configurations.compileClasspath + sourceSets.main.output
 	options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 	// currently our javadoc has a lot of errors, so we need to suppress the linter

code-conventions.md

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Your comments should look something like these:
 ## Language Features
 
 ### Compatibility
-[//]: # (To be updated after feature/2.9 for Java 17)
+[//]: # (To be updated for 2.10 for Java 17)
 * Contributions should maintain Java 11 source/binary compatibility, even though compiling Skript requires Java 21
   - Users must not need JRE newer than version 11
 * Versions up to and including Java 21 should work too