Hi Jay, On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jay Kreps <j...@confluent.io> wrote:
> - Wait for java 8 to become common so we don't have to translate to java 7 > ... > Even ignoring those items I don't think we would dare take this on right > now because there are so many other projects in flight but it might be > worth thinking about in 9 months or so. > So, you think we'd be able to drop support for Java 7 in the broker in 9 months time? Given how long Kafka supported Java 6 for, my expectation was that Kafka would at least support the 2 most recent Java versions (and perhaps 3 for a transition period once a new release is out). There is a faster and more regular schedule for Java releases these days, but Java 9 is only scheduled to be released at the end of September 2016 (14 months from now). Personally, I think 2 spaces for indentation is a better choice. Yes, 4 spaces is common in Java, but that choice was made before lambdas were introduced. Ismael
