[MINSTALL-181] Require Java 8

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -25,17 +25,3 @@ updates:
   ignore:
     # Ignore Maven Core updates
     - dependency-name: "org.apache.maven:*"
-    # ignore Java 8+ dependencies
-    - dependency-name: org.mockito:mockito-core
-      versions:
-        - ">= 3.0"
-    - dependency-name: org.apache.commons:commons-lang3
-      versions:
-        - ">= 3.9"
-    - dependency-name: commons-io:commons-io
-      versions:
-        - ">= 2.7"
-    # Ignore Maven 3.2.1+
-    - dependency-name: org.apache.maven.plugin-testing:maven-plugin-testing-tools
-      versions:
-        - ">=3.2.0"

pom.xml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <aetherVersion>1.0.0.v20140518</aetherVersion> <!-- Maven bound -->
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.5</slf4jVersion> <!-- Maven bound -->
@@ -199,10 +199,6 @@
                   <goal>clean</goal>
                   <goal>install</goal>
                 </goals>
-                <properties>
-                  <!-- e.g. ensure that Java7 picks up TLSv1.2 when connecting with Central -->
-                  <https.protocols>${https.protocols}</https.protocols>
-                </properties>
               </configuration>
             </plugin>
           </plugins>