+1 On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Alan Gates <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1. > > Alan. > > Rohini Palaniswamy <[email protected]> > September 16, 2014 at 21:47 > Hi, > Hadoop is dropping support for JDK6 from hadoop-2.7 this year as > mentioned in the mail below. Pig should also move to JDK7 to be able to > compile against future hadoop 2.x releases and start making releases with > jars (binaries, maven repo) compiled in JDK 7. This would also open it up > for developers to code with JDK7 specific APIs. > > Vote closes on Tuesday, Sep 23 2014. > > Thanks, > Rohini > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arun C Murthy <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 10:52 AM > Subject: Dropping support for JDK6 in Apache Hadoop > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > > [Apologies for the wide distribution.] > > Dear HBase/Hive/Pig/Oozie communities, > > We, over at Hadoop are considering dropping support for JDK6 this year. > > As you maybe aware we just released hadoop-2.5.0 and are now considering > making the next release i.e. hadoop-2.6.0 the *last* release of Apache > Hadoop which supports JDK6. This means, from hadoop-2.7.0 onwards we will > not support JDK6 anymore and we *may* start relying on JDK7-specific apis. > > Now, the above releases a proposal and we do not want to pull the trigger > without talking to projects downstream - hence the request for you > feedback. > > Please feel free to forward this to other communities you might deem to be > at risk from this too. > > thanks, > Arun > > > -- > Sent with Postbox <http://www.getpostbox.com> > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You. >
