+1 The Java 8 requirement has delayed the release of the SQL interface because Presto relies on Java 8. I'm mostly finished with replacing Presto with Calcite, which is Java 7 compatible, so it's not going to save me much work at this point. But it would be good to have the freedom of using libraries that rely on Java 8.
Joel Bernstein http://joelsolr.blogspot.com/ On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Erick Erickson (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-6722?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14658739#comment-14658739 > ] > > Erick Erickson commented on LUCENE-6722: > ---------------------------------------- > > bq: Personally, unless we are boxed in a corner, I think this is what > major versions are for. > > So does this really become "relase 6.0"? I think this is premature but > thought I'd ask. > > bq: Yeah, but we have precedence. We upgraded to Java 7 in 4.8.0. > > That was itself an outlier. That said, it's instructive that it seemed to > go pretty smoothly. > > > Java 8 as the minimum supported JVM version for branch_5x > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Key: LUCENE-6722 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-6722 > > Project: Lucene - Core > > Issue Type: Wish > > Reporter: Shalin Shekhar Mangar > > Priority: Blocker > > Fix For: 5.4 > > > > > > Require Java 8 as the minimum supported JVM version for branch_5x. > > # Java 7 is already EOL'ed > > # Trunk is already at Java8 > > # Important Solr components such as Jetty 9.3.x already require Java 8 > > # Nashorn Javascript engine available in Java 8 is just so much faster > and we may see more usage of JS inside Solr (SOLR-7576 etc.) > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.3.4#6332) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
