[m-rev.] for review: bump the minimum version of Java required

[Peter Wang]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:48:38 -0400 (EDT), Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any objections to the following?
> (The change itself is trivial and doesn't require a review.)
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> Bump the minimum version of Java required.
> 
> NEWS:
> README.Java:
>      Require at least Java SE 8 or equivalent.
> 
> m4/mercury.m4:
>      Check for at least the above version of Java.

Hi Julien,

What's the advantage to upgrading? Not that I mind, I'm not using the
Java backend.

Peter