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stack commented on HBASE-15978: ------------------------------- HBase 2.0 is jdk8 only. We voted on it up on dev list. Example conversion methods are here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23301598/transform-java-future-into-a-completablefuture > Netty API leaked into public API > -------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-15978 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-15978 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Client > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Nick Dimiduk > Assignee: Jurriaan Mous > Priority: Blocker > Attachments: HBASE-15978-guava.patch, HBASE-15978.patch > > > Noticed out public > {{[client.Future|http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Future.html]}} > interface extends Netty, which means our public API is bound to a specific > Netty API and release. IIRC we were minimizing our public-facing surface area > and asserting ownership over the whole of it so as to control our > compatibility. Ie, we've done this with Protobuf as well. Not sure if this > has made it back to other branches. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)