You know, I was looking around for Java EOL information a few weeks ago and found this:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html I might not be reading closely enough, but that says Java 6 is EOL in 9 months. In terms of major releases and getting things stable… that's just around the corner. Brian On Oct 8, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: > I hate to sound like the folks who only recently stopped using 1.4, but I am > afraid that Todd is right on here. > > The folks who are desperate for new features are being siphoned off by Scala > and Clojure which is leaving a core of recalcitrant termagants like me. I > think that it is going to take something as major as the EOL of Java 6 to > get big projects to allow code that requires Java 7. > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Todd Lipcon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think requiring Java 7 is years off... I think most people have >> doubts as to Java 7's stability until it's been adopted by a majority >> of applications, and the new features aren't compelling enough to jump >> ship, IMO. >> >> -Todd >> >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> While I have seen the wiki on which java versions to use currently to run >>> Hadoop, I have not seen any discussion about the roadmap of java version >>> compatibility with future hadoop versions. >>> >>> Recently, Oracle retired the "Operating System Distributor License for >>> Java" (DLJ) [http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html, >>> http://jdk-distros.java.net/] and Linux vendors have started making >>> OpenJDK (6/7) as the default java version bundled with their OSs >>> [http://www.java7developer.com/blog/?p=361]. Also, all future Java SE >>> updates will be delivered through OpenJDK updates project. >>> >>> I see that OpenJDK6 (6b20pre) cannot be used to compile hadoop trunk. Has >>> anyone tried OpenJDK7 ? >>> >>> Additionally, I have a few small projects in mind which can really make >>> use of the new (esp I/O) features of Java 7. >>> >>> What, if any, timeline do hadoop developers have in mind to make Java 7 >> as >>> required (and tested with OpenJDK 7) ? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> - milind >>> >>> --- >>> Milind Bhandarkar >>> Greenplum Labs, EMC >>> (Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author, >> and >>> do not necessarily represent the views of any organization, past or >>> present, the author might be affiliated with.) >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Lipcon >> Software Engineer, Cloudera >>
