Tomcat 9 in jammy requires Java 11 as runtime

[Sebastian]

The libtomcat9-java package (version 9.0.58-1) currently in jammy (https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/libtomcat9-java) depends on libeclipse-jdt-core-java (https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/libeclipse-jdt-core-java), and that package has been updated to upstream version 4.21 that seems to require (and be built with) Java 11: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/e/eclipse-jdt-core/eclipse-jdt-core_4.21-1/changelog.

Is this a conscious decision? Is there something that can be done to revert back to a version that supports Java 8 for the upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

[Sebastian (slovdahl)]

Quoting the upstream Tomcat 9.0.x branch on https://github.com/apache/tomcat/blob/7d3d359aaa8b7fe9463a73915340a347ad5e4614/build.properties.default#L148

> 4.20 is the latest release that runs on Java 8

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.