Re: Shifting to Java 7 . Is it good choice?
Here's the Apache Bigtop JIRA thats leading the Java 7 effort for all components in the Hadoop eco-system: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-458. This may interest you. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:05 AM, Pavan Kulkarni pavan.babu...@gmail.com wrote: That was really helpful. @Robert: No I am just working on a research project, I am not checking the code into Hadoop. Thanks Radim and Robert. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Robert Evans ev...@yahoo-inc.com wrote: Oracle is dropping java 6 support by the end of the year. So there is likely to be a big shift to java 7 before then. Currently Hadoop officially supports java 6 so unless there is an official change of position you cannot use Java 7 specific APIs if you want to check your code into Hadoop. Hadoop currently should work on 7, like Radim said, and if you are building something on top of Hadoop it is fine, but if we are dropping support for java 6 that will require some discussion on the mailing lists. --Bobby Evans On 7/17/12 2:35 PM, Radim Kolar h...@filez.com wrote: I have to tweak a few classes and for this I needed few packages which are only present in Java 7 like java.nio.file , So I was wondering If I can shift my development environment of Hadoop to Java 7? Would this break anything ? openjdk 7 works, but nio async file access is slower then traditional. -- --With Regards Pavan Kulkarni -- Harsh J
Re: Shifting to Java 7 . Is it good choice?
I have to tweak a few classes and for this I needed few packages which are only present in Java 7 like java.nio.file , So I was wondering If I can shift my development environment of Hadoop to Java 7? Would this break anything ? openjdk 7 works, but nio async file access is slower then traditional.
Re: Shifting to Java 7 . Is it good choice?
Oracle is dropping java 6 support by the end of the year. So there is likely to be a big shift to java 7 before then. Currently Hadoop officially supports java 6 so unless there is an official change of position you cannot use Java 7 specific APIs if you want to check your code into Hadoop. Hadoop currently should work on 7, like Radim said, and if you are building something on top of Hadoop it is fine, but if we are dropping support for java 6 that will require some discussion on the mailing lists. --Bobby Evans On 7/17/12 2:35 PM, Radim Kolar h...@filez.com wrote: I have to tweak a few classes and for this I needed few packages which are only present in Java 7 like java.nio.file , So I was wondering If I can shift my development environment of Hadoop to Java 7? Would this break anything ? openjdk 7 works, but nio async file access is slower then traditional.
Re: Shifting to Java 7 . Is it good choice?
That was really helpful. @Robert: No I am just working on a research project, I am not checking the code into Hadoop. Thanks Radim and Robert. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Robert Evans ev...@yahoo-inc.com wrote: Oracle is dropping java 6 support by the end of the year. So there is likely to be a big shift to java 7 before then. Currently Hadoop officially supports java 6 so unless there is an official change of position you cannot use Java 7 specific APIs if you want to check your code into Hadoop. Hadoop currently should work on 7, like Radim said, and if you are building something on top of Hadoop it is fine, but if we are dropping support for java 6 that will require some discussion on the mailing lists. --Bobby Evans On 7/17/12 2:35 PM, Radim Kolar h...@filez.com wrote: I have to tweak a few classes and for this I needed few packages which are only present in Java 7 like java.nio.file , So I was wondering If I can shift my development environment of Hadoop to Java 7? Would this break anything ? openjdk 7 works, but nio async file access is slower then traditional. -- --With Regards Pavan Kulkarni
