Require Erlang/OTP 26.0 (ERTS 14.0)

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ on:
       - v3.12.x
       - v3.11.x
       - v3.10.x
-      - v3.9.x
-      - v3.8.x
       - bump-otp-for-oci
       - bump-rbe-*
       - bump-rules_erlang
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         otp_version_id:
-        - 25_3
         - 26
         metadata_store:
           - mnesia

deps/rabbit/apps/rabbitmq_prelaunch/src/rabbit_prelaunch_erlang_compat.erl

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 
 -export([check/1]).
 
--define(OTP_MINIMUM, "25.0").
--define(ERTS_MINIMUM, "13.0").
+%% minimum Erlang/OTP version supported
+-define(OTP_MINIMUM, "26.0").
+%% the ERTS version provided by the minimum Erlang/OTP version supported
+-define(ERTS_MINIMUM, "14.0").
 
 check(_Context) ->
     ?LOG_DEBUG(