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Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-2325:
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There is no urgency to this, but it would be nice not to delay it.
Hadoop performs better on Java 6, so we want to encourage folks to use Java 6.
The vast majority of Hadoop contributors use Java 6 when developing, and hence
do run into (usually minor) back-compatibility problems, like the one we've
just seen with HADOOP-3468. These problems cost the project some productivity.
On the other hand, we don't want to leave contributors behind. It appears that
Java 6 is still not available on PowerPC-based Macs. Sigh. Michael, is the G4
your primary development platform?
> Require Java 6
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> Key: HADOOP-2325
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2325
> Project: Hadoop Core
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: build
> Reporter: Doug Cutting
> Assignee: Doug Cutting
> Fix For: 0.18.0
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> Attachments: HADOOP-2325.patch
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> We should require Java 6 for release 0.17. Java 6 is now available for OS/X.
> Hadoop performs much better on Java 6. And, finally, there are features of
> Java 6 (like 'df') that would be nice to use.
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