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Kevin Lyda commented on HADOOP-9282: ------------------------------------ This is becoming more of an issue. If I'm reading this correctly, this means that Java 6 installs currently have known security issues that will never be fixed: http://blog.trendmicro.com/java-security-situation-quietly-got-much-worse/?sf17098354=1 > Java 7 support > -------------- > > Key: HADOOP-9282 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9282 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Components: documentation > Reporter: Kevin Lyda > > The Hadoop Java Versions page makes no mention of Java 7. > http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HadoopJavaVersions > Java 6 is EOL as of this month ( > http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml ) and that's after extending > the date twice: https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/java_6_eol_h_h While > Oracle has recently released a number of security patches, chances are more > security issues will come up and we'll be left running clusters we can't > patch if we stay with Java 6. > Does Hadoop support Java 7 and if so could the docs be changed to indicate > that? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira