The 0.8.7 release

README.md

@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ For more information about the Protobuf Compiler, please refer to
 [Google Developers Site](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/java-generated?csw=1).
 
 ## Latest Version
-The latest version is ``0.8.6``. It requires at least __Gradle 2.12__ and __Java 8__.
+The latest version is ``0.8.7``. It requires at least __Gradle 2.12__ and __Java 8__.
 It is available on Maven Central. To add dependency to it:
 ```gradle
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.6'
+    classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.7'
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildscript {
     mavenLocal()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.6-SNAPSHOT'
+    classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.8-SNAPSHOT'
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The order of the plugins doesn't matter:
 
 ```gradle
 plugins {
-  id "com.google.protobuf" version "0.8.6"
+  id "com.google.protobuf" version "0.8.7"
   id "java"
 }
 ```

build.gradle

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.gradle.plugin-publish'
 apply plugin: 'com.github.ben-manes.versions'
 
 group = 'com.google.protobuf'
-version = '0.8.7-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '0.8.7'
 
 ext.isReleaseVersion = !version.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
 
@@ -186,14 +186,12 @@ pluginBundle {
   }
 }
 
-// Releases must be built on Java 1.7. Building on Java 1.8 will make the
-// plugin runnable only on Java 1.8.
-// See https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/805
+// Releases must be built on Java 1.8.
 tasks.create("checkJavaVersion").doLast {
   JavaVersion javaVersion = JavaVersion.current()
-  if (!javaVersion.isJava7()) {
+  if (!javaVersion.isJava8()) {
     throw new GradleException(
-        "The plugin must be published under Java 1.7 but ${javaVersion} is found")
+        "The plugin must be published under Java 1.8 but ${javaVersion} is found")
   }
 }
 [uploadArchives, publishPlugins]*.dependsOn checkJavaVersion