We have not publicly been announcing our Java compatibility targets and this has led to some confusion about what versions of the connector support what versions of Java.
The 1.6.X line was intended to have Java8 as it's compatibility target but since the 1.6.{1.2.3} have all be Java7 compatible we should keep the whole line Java7 compatible.
Unless we have some pushback we will go to full Java8 Support in 2.0
We have not publicly been announcing our Java compatibility targets and this has led to some confusion about what versions of the connector support what versions of Java.
The 1.6.X line was intended to have Java8 as it's compatibility target but since the 1.6.{1.2.3} have all be Java7 compatible we should keep the whole line Java7 compatible.
Unless we have some pushback we will go to full Java8 Support in 2.0