I think the idea to support for both java 7 and java 8 makes sense. We may not have strong requirement to depend on java 8 's language features (like lambda/stream API, etc) except for being compatible with java 8 in deployment environment.
- Hao On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Chang Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys > > I found that the develop branch can only be built by java 8 which > is inconvenience for community. Here is the discuss for end supporting for > java 7 in spark 2.0 > < > http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com/discuss-ending-support-for-Java-7-in-Spark-2-0-td16808.html#a16810 > >, > however the 2.0 preview version still support it. > > I think eagle should support both java 7 and 8 for one year, the reason is > obvious, most company are still using java 7 and need schedule to upgrade > java 8 for at least six or nine month > > Thanks > Chang >
