I don't think there is a good reason. I think the main issue was (at some point) the tests weren't working with Java 8. Do you want to try to run the complete test suite and see if we have outstanding issues to move to Java 8?
Aditya might remember more... On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 6:41 PM, andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a reason we have an enforcement on Java versions as defined in > the top-level pom.xml: [1.7, 1.8)? The code compiles for me just fine > w/1.8. Is this merely > historical residue that can be relaxed or is there some deeper reason why > Drill won’t/can’t work with 1.8? > > Thanks, > Andrew
