chore: bump sourceCompatibility from 1.8 to 11 (fleet floor alignment)#687
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CLAUDE.md says the workspace fleet floor is Java 11. NotificationPortlet's build.gradle still pinned sourceCompatibility = 1.8, which is below the floor and below the CI matrix (which already runs on Java 11 only). The pin is causing concrete pain: Gradle resolves dependencies looking for Java 8 class-file variants, and modern artifacts (guava 32+, jsonpath 3+, jackson recent patch lines) only ship Java 11+ variants. Several Renovate PRs that should be straightforward bumps fail with 'No matching variant ... compatible with Java 8' errors. Once sourceCompatibility lifts to 11, those resolve naturally. Changes: - build.gradle: sourceCompatibility = 1.8 -> 11. Notes: targetCompatibility is not pinned separately; Gradle defaults it to sourceCompatibility, so the bytecode target moves to 11 too. The CI matrix already pins Java 11 (per .github/workflows/CI.yml), so this is just aligning the pin with what the build actually runs.
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sourceCompatibilityinbuild.gradlefrom1.8to11, matching the workspace fleet floor (perCLAUDE.md).Why
The CI matrix already runs on Java 11 only (see
.github/workflows/CI.yml). ThesourceCompatibility = 1.8pin was just a stale relic, but it had a concrete cost: Gradle resolves dependencies looking for Java 8 class-file variants, and modern artifact majors don't publish those anymore.Three of the four currently-failing Renovate PRs surface this:
sourceCompatibility = 1.8Gradle reports 'No matching variant ... compatible with Java 8'Once this PR lands, those three should pass naturally. (#685 jsonpath v3 still fails — it requires Java 17; it'll be capped via a separate
renovate.jsonPR.)Changes
build.gradle:sourceCompatibility = 1.8→sourceCompatibility = 11.targetCompatibilityis not pinned separately; Gradle defaults it tosourceCompatibility, so the bytecode target moves to 11 too.Test plan
./gradlew clean build -x test— green