+1 - Oracle dropped support for Java 1.7, so anyone left using it would need an extended support contract with Oracle (not cheap) to run 1.7 in any sort of production environment.
> On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Jianxia Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Dan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, this would mean dropping support for 1.7. >> >> +1 from my perspective; I'd love to start using 1.8 features in geode. >> >> -Dan >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Dick Cavender <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Since this allows 1.8 only features to be used does this signal that >> we're >>> dropping 1.7 support with 9.0? >>> >>> >>> On 10/23/2015 9:42 AM, Jens Deppe wrote: >>> >>>> +1! >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Wes Williams <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Wes Williams | Pivotal Sr. **Data Engineer* >>>>> 781.606.0325 >>>>> http://pivotal.io/big-data/pivotal-gemfire >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:27 PM, William Markito <[email protected] >>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> We had some discussions around this in the past but I guess we have >> not >>>>>> >>>>> yet >>>>> >>>>>> made the decision to move forward and change the language level. >>>>>> >>>>>> Just opened GEODE-479 and would like to propose to do this change >> before >>>>>> our Alpha release. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any thoughts ? >>>>>> -- >>>>>> William Markito Oliveira >>>>>> Enterprise Architect >>>>>> -- For questions about Apache Geode, please write to >>>>>> *[email protected] >>>>>> <[email protected]>* >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >>
