Java6 is supported on CDH4 but not CDH5. On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Koert Kuipers <ko...@tresata.com> wrote:
> when is java 6 dropped by the hadoop distros? > > i am still aware of many clusters that are java 6 only at the moment. > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Gwen Shapira <gshap...@cloudera.com> > wrote: > > > +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> > > > >> ********************************************/ > > > >> > > > > > > > > >
