+1 for dropping Java 6 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Steven Schlansker <sschlans...@opentable.com > wrote:
> Java 6 has been End of Life since Feb 2013. > Java 7 (and 8, but unfortunately that's too new still) has very compelling > features which can make development a lot easier. > > The sooner more projects drop Java 6 the better, in my opinion :) > > On Nov 5, 2014, at 7:45 PM, Worthy LaFollette <wort...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Mostly converted now to 1.7, this would be welcomed to get any new > > features. > > > > On Wed Nov 05 2014 at 7:32:55 PM Joe Stein <joe.st...@stealth.ly> wrote: > > > >> This has been coming up in a lot of projects and for other reasons too I > >> wanted to kick off the discussion about if/when we end support for Java > 6. > >> Besides any API we may want to use in >= 7 we also compile our binaries > for > >> 6 for release currently. > >> > >> /******************************************* > >> Joe Stein > >> Founder, Principal Consultant > >> Big Data Open Source Security LLC > >> http://www.stealth.ly > >> Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> > >> ********************************************/ > >> > >
