Stop testing Java 11

[strangelookingnerd]

Stop testing Java 11

Jenkins stopped supporting Java 11 with the release of Jenkins 2.463 (weekly) and Jenkins 2.479.1 (LTS). Most plugins stopped spending ci.jenkins.io time to run tests that are specific to Java 11.

Let's save money and time by removing the Java 11 test configuration. It has not found any issues that are not also found with Java 17 and Java 21.

Jenkins plugin BOM still tests with Java 11 on older lines (currently 2.452.x and 2.462.x) and the plugin build will continue to generate Java 11 byte code until the parent pom is upgraded to 5.x and the minimum Jenkins version is upgraded to 2.479.1.

Switches to test Java 17 / Java 21 since to match the test configuration used in the plugin archetype.

Testing done

None. Rely on ci.jenkins.io to test it.

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[rantoniuk]

Should we align with https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/master/Jenkinsfile#L16 ?

[rantoniuk]

pom.xml needs also updating to reference minimum Jenkins version to be 2.479.3, to pave the way for https://github.com/jenkinsci/jira-plugin/pull/613/files to be merged.

I see that Jenkins build is running for Started 175m ago already... that's not expected, is it?

[strangelookingnerd]

I see that Jenkins build is running for Started 175m ago already... that's not expected, is it?

There seems to be some temporary outage for the windows agents -> jenkins-infra/helpdesk#4490
Unfortunate timing on my end, but I'm certain the issues will be resolved and the PR can be merged just fine.

[rantoniuk]

I see that Jenkins build is running for Started 175m ago already... that's not expected, is it?

There seems to be some temporary outage for the windows agents -> jenkins-infra/helpdesk#4490 Unfortunate timing on my end, but I'm certain the issues will be resolved and the PR can be merged just fine.

Do you mind updating pom.xml as well accordingly to reference the proper LTS that goes with this change?

[strangelookingnerd]

Do you mind updating pom.xml as well accordingly to reference the proper LTS that goes with this change?

Upgrading towards the latest 2.479.x LTS line will require additional effort that is far beyond the scope of this PR. I will however look into it in a seperate PR.