FTBFS with default Java 21

[Vladimir Petko]

Dear Maintainers,

The package apport ftbfs with default Java 21.
The relevant part of the build log:
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running build_java_subdir
warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 7
error: Source option 7 is no longer supported. Use 8 or later.
error: Target option 7 is no longer supported. Use 8 or later.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/setup.py", line 119, in <module>
    DistUtilsExtra.auto.setup(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUtilsExtra/auto.py", line 125, in setup
    setuptools.setup(**attrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 107, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 185, in setup
    return run_commands(dist)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 201, in run_commands
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 1233, in run_command
    super().run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 988, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/command/build.py", line 131, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 1233, in run_command
    super().run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 988, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/setuptools_apport/java.py", line 35, in run
    subprocess.check_call(javac + glob.glob("com/ubuntu/apport/*.java"))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['javac', '-source', '7', '-target', '7', 'com/ubuntu/apport/ApportUncaughtExceptionHandler.java']' returned non-zero exit status 2.
E: pybuild pybuild:395: build: plugin distutils failed with: exit code=1: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
dh_auto_build: error: pybuild --build -i python{version} -p "3.12 3.11" returned exit code 13
make[1]: *** [debian/rules:12: override_dh_auto_build] Error 25
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make: *** [debian/rules:4: binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2
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Build finished at 2023-12-04T07:37:06Z
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[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

What is the recommended source/target version that should nowadays be used?

[Vladimir Petko (vpa1977)]

>What is the recommended source/target version that should nowadays be used?

At the moment we can use 8 as the default.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

https://github.com/canonical/apport/pull/266 got merged upstream.

[Vladimir Petko (vpa1977)]

piuparts ppa test(pass)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.28.0-0ubuntu1

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apport (2.28.0-0ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    - ui: remove skipping crashes that happened during logout (LP: #2043393)
    - setup: set minimum Java release to 8 (LP: #2045705)
    - support systemd-coredump as core dump handler (LP: #2048136)
  * Drop patches that were applied upstream
  * Address pylint complaints in patches and package hooks
  * Replace build dependency pkg-config by pkgconf
  * Suggest python3-zstandard in python3-problem-report for read support

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:20:00 +0100