joshelser commented on a change in pull request #1844:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/1844#discussion_r435309158
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File path: src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/configuration.adoc
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@@ -97,55 +97,76 @@ This section lists required services and some required
system configuration.
[[java]]
.Java
-The following table summarizes the recommendation of the HBase community wrt
deploying on various
-Java versions. A icon:check-circle[role="green"] symbol is meant to indicate a
base level of
+The following table summarizes the recommendations of the HBase community with
respect to deploying
+on various Java versions. The icon:check-circle[role="green"] symbol indicates
a base level of
testing and willingness to help diagnose and address issues you might run
into. Similarly, an entry
-of icon:exclamation-circle[role="yellow"] or icon:times-circle[role="red"]
generally means that
-should you run into an issue the community is likely to ask you to change the
Java environment
-before proceeding to help. In some cases, specific guidance on limitations
(e.g. whether compiling
-/ unit tests work, specific operational issues, etc) will also be noted.
+of icon:exclamation-circle[role="yellow"] means that, should you run into an
issue, the community
+is likely to ask you to change the Java environment rather than proceeding to
help on that Java
+version. This applies categorically to Non-LTS releases (see below). The
+icon:times-circle[role="red"] means that support has been dropped for this
version or has been
+attempted and is known to not work. For combinations of newer JDK with older
HBase releases, it's
+likely that there are known compatibility issues that cannot be addressed
under our compatibility
+guarantees, making that combination impossible. In some cases, specific
guidance on limitations
+(e.g. whether compiling / unit tests work, specific operational issues, etc)
will also be noted.
+
+.Long-Term Support JDKs are Recommended
+[WARNING]
+====
+HBase recommends downstream users rely on JDK releases that are marked as
Long-Term Supported
+(LTS), either from the OpenJDK project or vendors. At the time of this
writing, the following JDK
+releases are NOT LTS releases and are NOT supported by the Apache HBase
community: JDK9, JDK10,
Review comment:
Maybe, make the previous paragraph..
> blah blah blah long-winded, or "untested"
And then just use that "untested" here? Maybe we can define exactly what we
mean once and just use that again.
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