On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 07:49PM, Brian Bockelman wrote: > 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.
there's many ways to "eol" a particular java version. Stopping updates of HotSpot on JDK6 might (and most likely will be( one of them. Enjoy while you can Cos > 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 > >> >
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