also sorry- btw- I assuming 1500 will be merged..
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Requiring Java 1.7 for Mahout > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 16:56:39 -0400 > > oracle? > > > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:54:43 -0700 > > Subject: Re: Requiring Java 1.7 for Mahout > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > or testing. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My current java is 1.6.0_38, i have no problem building. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Andrew Palumbo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> you're right- my big concern is that on our (probably outdated) building > > >> from source page we have 1.6 listed: > > >> > > >> http://mahout.apache.org/developers/buildingmahout.html > > >> > > >> The obvious simple fix here is to make the quick change on the webpage to > > >> 1.7 in order to build and test successfully. > > >> > > >> I do remember something about being limited to our current lucene version > > >> though by 1.6 so i am wondering if this is may be a good time to push or > > >> require 1.7. > > >> > > >> Just checking our bases, so I'll drop it if there's no problem here. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:33:19 -0700 > > >> > Subject: Re: Requiring Java 1.7 for Mahout > > >> > From: [email protected] > > >> > To: [email protected] > > >> > > > >> > the only problem is that we are not really requiring it. We are not > > >> using > > >> > anything of 1.7 functionality. If people compile (as i do) Mahout, they > > >> can > > >> > compile any bytecode version they want. > > >> > > > >> > There are some 1.7 artifact dependencies in H20 but 1.7 would be > > >> required > > >> > at run time only and only if the people are actually using h2obindings > > >> as > > >> > dependency (which i expect majority would not care for). > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Andrew Palumbo <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > As far as I can tell there should be no problems with declaring Java > > >> 1.7 > > >> > > as the official minimum Java version for building and running Mahout. > > >> Are > > >> > > there any objections to this or problems that I am missing? > > >> > > > > >> > > Andy > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > >
