updated text to state Java 8 as requirement

Author: JoernT

build.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <property file="local.build.properties"/>
     <property file="build.properties"/>
     <property name="project.app" value="doc"/>
-    <property name="project.version" value="0.4.4"/>
+    <property name="project.version" value="0.4.5"/>
     <property name="build" value="build"/>
     <property name="data" value="data"/>
     <property name="server.url" value="http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/public/"/>

data/devguide_manifesto.xml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
                     <para>Follow Industry Standard coding conventions.</para>
                 </listitem>
                 <listitem>
-                    <para>eXist-db is now developed atop Sun Java 7, so make use of Java 7 features
+                    <para>eXist-db is now developed atop Sun Java 8, so make use of Java 8 features
                         for cleaner, safer and more efficient code.</para>
                 </listitem>
                 <listitem>

data/getting-help-how-to-report.xml

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
                             <para>Include the exact version (and revision), e.g. "1.4.3" (rev1234) or "2.1". </para>
                         </listitem>
                         <listitem>
-                            <para>Always add the operating system (e.g. "Windows7 64bit"), the Java version (e.g.
-                                "Oracle Java 7u51, 64 bit") </para>
+                            <para>Always add the operating system (e.g. "Windows7 64bit"), the exact Java version as is outputted by
+                            the command 'java -version' on the console.</para>
                         </listitem>
                         <listitem>
                             <para>Include relevant <b>parts</b> of the logfile (e.g.

data/quickstart.xml

@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@
                 space. Administrative privileges are not required to install or run eXist-db, but
                 certain installation procedures are not possible without administrative privileges.
                 The critical requirement is that Java be installed.</para>
+            <note id="since-3.0">
+                 <title>Java requirements</title>
+                <para>Since eXistdb 3.0 Java 8 is required.</para>
+            </note>
             <note id="about-java">
                 <title>eXist-db and Java</title>
                 <para>eXist-db is built on Java, a free, cross-platform software development
                     environment. Java comes in a number of versions, so it is important that you
-                    install the version that eXist-db requires: Java 7 or 8. eXist-db can run with
+                    install the version that eXist-db requires: Java 8 (since eXistdb 3.0). eXist-db can run with
                     both the Java "JRE" (Java Runtime Environment) and the "JDK" (Java Development
                     Kit). The JRE is adequate for running eXist-db; you do not need the JDK unless
                     you intend to compile eXist-db from its source code. For instructions about
@@ -38,9 +42,9 @@
                 <para>Special note: In general it recommended to use the Oracle Java VM, this is the safest choice. The OpenJDK 7 is a good open source alternative for the Oracle JVM.</para>
                 <para>Details of the Java VM can be obtained via the following command (two results displayed):
                         <synopsis format="java">java -version
-java version "1.7.0_55"
-Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_55-b13)
-Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.55-b03, mixed mode)   
+java version ""1.8.0_60-ea""
+Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-ea-b19)
+Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.60-b19, mixed mode)
 </synopsis>
                 </para>
                 <para>Note for For pre eXist-db v2.2 versions: Due to reported compatibility issues it is NOT recommended to use "OpenJDK6" (IcedTea) and "GNU Compiler for Java" (GCJ) which are shipped by several Linux distributions.</para>