Hi Glen, JDK 8 support is tracked here https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1624 some.
Try just building with Scala 2.11 ./gradlew -PscalaVersion=2.11 jar I /******************************************* Joe Stein Founder, Principal Consultant Big Data Open Source Security LLC http://www.stealth.ly Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> ********************************************/ On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Glen Mazza <glen.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, following the README in the trunk download, I'm getting some errors > building Kafka trunk with JDK 8 but JDK 7 seems to run smoothly, I'm > assuming we should be using that? This page indicates we should be using > JDK 6 though -- unsure if it just hasn't been updated: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Process > > I would guess the Gradle config files would specify the required JDK > version but I can't see it configured anywhere. I'll try to update the > Wiki to clarify build requirements if I can get a response. > > Thanks, > Glen > >