Yup, +1 On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 05:19PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > > With a bit of hacking on the build we could cross-compile to avoid the type > > related build failures that are creeping in as projects don't try compiling > > with JDK 6 any longer. > > > > $ javac -target 1.6 -bootclasspath /path/to/jdk/1.6/lib/rt.jar > > > > Nasty to require a JDK 6 and 7 for building, though. > > At this point, I'd suggest biting the bullet and declaring 0.8.0 > JDK7+ only. Even for build. Three of the dozen or so projects > already refuse to be built by anything but: > * Hue 3.6 (can be hacked to stay with JDK6, but who will do it?) > * Solr 4.9.0 (ditto) > * Giraph 1.1.0 (not sure whether JDK7 specific functionality remains) > > So, unless somebody volunteers to solve all three of the above, > I think 0.8.0 is about to move to JDK7. > > Scream within a week or forever...you know. > > Thanks, > Roman.
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