Added JDT Java compiler entry for removed Java 7 support in ecj

Added an entry for JDT, mentioning the removal of source, target and release Java 7 and below. See the respective JDT issue: eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core#2536 Signed-off-by: Simeon Andreev <[email protected]>
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+  <tr id="removed-support-for-java7-and-below">
+    <td class="title"><a href="#removed-support-for-java7-and-below">Removed support for souce, target and release Java 7 and below</a></td>
+    <td class="content">
+    <!-- https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.ui/pull/1367 -->
+    <p>The following compiler options are now supported only for Java 8 and above:
+    <pre>
+    --source &lt;release&gt;
+    --target &lt;release&gt;
+    --release &lt;release&gt;
+    </pre>
+    <p>I.e., from Eclipse 4.33 onward, the Eclipse IDE and  <code>ecj</code> will no longer be able to produce JRE 7 (and below) compliant byte code, as the options metioned above are supported only for Java 8+.</p>
+    <p>This is the equivalent of Java 21's <code>javac</code> only supporting those options for Java 8+.</p>
+    </td>
+    </tr>
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