Hi Suresh, Yes, with JDK 1.8 code get compiled without an issue. I am +1 for this move.
Thanks, Shameera. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Suresh Marru <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shameera, > > I made this suggestion but did not push the changes to trunk. I tried it > locally and it all worked fine. So I suggest we get back on the thread and > if there is an agreement (or no disagreement) we bump versions and test it > all and declare 1.8 is required for Airavata. > > Suresh > > On Mar 25, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Shameera Rathnayaka <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks Marlon, I assume it is confirmed that we will use jdk 1.8. > > Thanks, > Shameera. > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Marlon Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Suresh already raised this issue on another thread: "[DISCUSS] Airavata >> default support to Java 8". Oracle is ending support for Java 7 in April. >> >> Marlon >> >> >> On 3/25/15 12:07 PM, Shameera Rathnayaka wrote: >> >>> Hi Dev, >>> >>> I just try to build the master with JDK 1.7 and got a compilation error, >>> This commit cb6c4ccf267c165e64d6858584b2300eaaa37df4 >>> <https://github.com/apache/airavata/commit/ >>> cb6c4ccf267c165e64d6858584b2300eaaa37df4> >>> make master only build with JDK 1.8 as it use Long.BYTES which is comes >>> with JDK 1.8. Are we planning to move to 1.8 from next release? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Shameera. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Best Regards, > Shameera Rathnayaka. > > email: shameera AT apache.org , shameerainfo AT gmail.com > Blog : http://shameerarathnayaka.blogspot.com/ > > > -- Best Regards, Shameera Rathnayaka. email: shameera AT apache.org , shameerainfo AT gmail.com Blog : http://shameerarathnayaka.blogspot.com/
