Thanks. On 14 April 2013 23:51, Mike Percy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Israel, > Many users continue to deploy Flume on Java 6. If people want to run Flume > against Java 7, it will work, but we cannot drop support for > compiling/running with Java 6. > > Regards, > Mike > > On Apr 14, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Israel Ekpo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Developers, > > > > I was reading the following excerpt from the Oracle website a couple of > > days ago and I was wondering when the project plans to move to Java 7. > > > > In the POM, the maven compiler plugin is set to Java 6. > > > > For the 1.4 release, it would be nice for us to move to the latest > version > > of Java that will continue to have security updates. > > > > After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 to > its > > public download sites. All Java 6 releases up to and including 6u43 will > be > > moved to the Java Archive on the Oracle Technology Network, where they > will > > remain available but not receive updates. Oracle recommends that users > > migrate to Java 7 in order to continue receiving public updates and > > security enhancements. > > > > References > > http://java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html >
