Honestly, I would be very very surprised if this did work. But then again, I have seen stranger things 
If you want to experiment with the daily builds, please download the 1.8.0-SNAPSHOT archive from https://openhab.ci.cloudbees.com/job/openHAB/
If not, @teichsta proposed a tentative schedule for the 1.8.0 release, please read about it at his posting at Upcoming 1.8 Release