Probably a bad version check but 9 should work

maybe part of the problem is that i installed the jdk with http://scoop.sh/

scoop added it to the path correctly, but boot may be looking for something in the registry that isn't there... if it still uses launch4j like this older issue mentions https://github.com/boot-clj/boot/issues/353

I've had issues with other java installers messing with scoop path. Review your user and sys path variables

And yes, it looks like launch4j is used, and the default error message for a missing jdk is simply that 7 is missing

i plan on releasing 2.7.3 this week unless anyone objects, here's what's new: https://github.com/boot-clj/boot/blob/master/CHANGES.md

changelog and PRs look to be in pretty good shape, but if i'm missing something pls let me know

@alandipert I think @bhagany did a good job in https://github.com/boot-clj/boot/pull/680 and we should review that carefully...I fixes a problem with sift

@richiardiandrea thanks, i ran into that yesterday i think. i'll take a closer look