Is there a reason why we have to use Java 8 for the build?

[JimClarke5]

If I don't use Java 8, I get the following error: I use JDK 17 by default on my box, I have also seen this error with JDK 11. Can this be addressed?

[ERROR] /Users/jbclarke/Code/tensorflow/java/tensorflow-core/tensorflow-core-generator/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/proto/framework/ResourceHandleProto.java:[15,14] error: An unhandled exception was thrown by the Error Prone static analysis plugin.
[ERROR]      Please report this at https://github.com/google/error-prone/issues/new and include the following:
[ERROR]   
[ERROR]      error-prone version: 2.6.0
[ERROR]      BugPattern: JavaLangClash
[ERROR]      Stack Trace:
[ERROR]      java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.lang.Iterable com.sun.tools.javac.code.Scope$WriteableScope.getSymbolsByName(com.sun.tools.javac.util.Name, com.sun.tools.javac.util.Filter)'
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.JavaLangClash.check(JavaLangClash.java:66)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.JavaLangClash.matchClass(JavaLangClash.java:53)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.processMatchers(ErrorProneScanner.java:450)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitClass(ErrorProneScanner.java:548)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitClass(ErrorProneScanner.java:151)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCClassDecl.accept(JCTree.java:860)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreePathScanner.scan(TreePathScanner.java:86)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:74)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:48)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:111)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner.scanAndReduce(TreeScanner.java:119)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner.visitCompilationUnit(TreeScanner.java:152)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitCompilationUnit(ErrorProneScanner.java:561)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitCompilationUnit(ErrorProneScanner.java:151)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCCompilationUnit.accept(JCTree.java:614)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreePathScanner.scan(TreePathScanner.java:60)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:58)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScannerTransformer.apply(ErrorProneScannerTransformer.java:43)
[ERROR]   	at com.google.errorprone.ErrorProneAnalyzer.finished(ErrorProneAnalyzer.java:152)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.MultiTaskListener.finished(MultiTaskListener.java:132)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.flow(JavaCompiler.java:1394)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.flow(JavaCompiler.java:1341)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:933)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:317)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:176)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:64)
[ERROR]   	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:50)
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR]   mvn <args> -rf :tensorflow-core-generator