I have also been able to run the entire test suite with JDK 1.7 (and HBASE-8014). So even if it's not officially supported or recommanded, it's working quite well.
JM 2013/3/30 lars hofhansl <[email protected]>: > On my private machine I only have (Open)Jdk7, I have not observed any issues. > > > -- Lars > > > ________________________________ > From: Alok Singh Mahor <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 11:38 AM > Subject: openjdk7 and hbase > > Hi all, > should I strictly use only oracle's java 6 only? > will I really face problem if I am using openjdk7? > if then then what type of problem I will face? > is/are anyone using openjdk? or tried that ? > > and why Hbase is built on top of sun's java ? I guess openjdk exist from > long back. should hbase not be on top of openjdk? if no what are problems > with openjdk? > > what about can I use java 7 for current stable hbase ? > > thanks and sorry for so many questions
