Mention in the doc that we target JDK8

src/sphinx/general/operations.rst

@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@ Operations
 Java version
 ============
 
-Gatling is mostly tested against JDK7 packages provided by Oracle.
-Gatling 2 requires **at least JDK7u6**.
+Gatling is mostly tested against JDK8 packages provided by Oracle.
+Gatling requires **JDK8**. We recommend that you use an up-to-date JDK.
 
 If some launch scripts options are not available on your JVM, e.g. because you run a 32 bit version, please edit the scripts and remove the unsupported options.
 
-However, we recommend that you use an up-to-date JDK:
-
-* NIO bugs are frequently fixed. For example, NIO was broken on Oracle JDK7 until 7u10.
-* Gatling is tested against modern JDKs
-
 IPv4 vs IPv6
 ============
 

src/sphinx/project/faq.rst

@@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ See `this page <http://aws.amazon.com/articles/1636185810492479>`_.
 
 Basically, Gatling/JVM's DNS cache has to tuned. A solution is to add ``-Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=0`` to the command line.
 
-.. _faq-bad_record_mac:
-
-* **I get some "bad_record_mac" Exceptions over SSL**
-
-This seems to be a Hotspot JDK7 bug and affects all Java programs, for example: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/615.
-
-OpenJDK 7 and Hotspot JDK8 seem to be fine.
-
-
 .. _faq-method_too_large:
 
 * **I have a HUGE simulation and I get a "Method too large" compile error**

src/sphinx/quickstart.rst

@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ Just unzip the downloaded bundle to a folder of your choice.
   Windows users : we recommend that you do not place Gatling in the *Programs* folder as there may be permission issues.
 
 In order to run Gatling, you need to have a JDK installed.
-Gatling requires **at least JDK7u6**, yet we recommend that you use an up-to-date version.
+Gatling requires **JDK8**, yet we recommend that you use an up-to-date version.
 
 For all details regarding the installation and the tuning of the operating system (OS), please refer to the :ref:`operations` section.
 
 .. warning::
   Gatling launch scripts and Gatling maven plugin honor ``JAVA_HOME`` env var if it's set.
   OS, like OSX, have their own tricky way of discovering which version of Java to run,
   so you might end up running a different version than the one ``java -version`` tells you.
-  If you get strange errors such as ``Unsupported major.minor version 51.0`` and you were expecting to run a JDK7,
+  If you get strange errors such as ``Unsupported major.minor version 51.0`` and you were expecting to run a JDK8,
   you might want to explicitly set ``JAVA_HOME``.
 
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