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Ismael Juma commented on CASSANDRA-8168: ---------------------------------------- [~tjake], it's probably a good idea to also update README.asc, which still says under requirements: "Java >= 1.7 (OpenJDK and Oracle JVMS have been tested)" Ismael > Require Java 8 > -------------- > > Key: CASSANDRA-8168 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-8168 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Task > Reporter: T Jake Luciani > Assignee: T Jake Luciani > Fix For: 3.0 beta 1 > > > This is to discuss requiring Java 8 for version >= 3.0 > There are a couple big reasons for this. > * Better support for complex async work e.g (CASSANDRA-5239) > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/CompletableFuture.html > * Use Nashorn for Javascript UDFs CASSANDRA-7395 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)