Hi Spark devs, I've heard a few times that keeping support for Java 6 is a priority for Apache Spark. Given that Java 6 has been publicly EOL'd since Feb 2013 <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html> and the last public update was Apr 2013 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_6_updates>, why are we still maintaing support for 6? The only people using it now must be paying for the extended support to continue receiving security fixes.
Bumping the lower bound of Java versions up to Java 7 would allow us to upgrade from Jetty 8 to 9, which is currently a conflict with the Dropwizard framework and a personal pain point. Java 6 vs 7 for Spark links: Try with resources <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/2575/files#r18152125> for SparkContext et al Upgrade to Jetty 9 <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/167#issuecomment-54544494> Warn when not compiling with Java6 <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/859> Who are the people out there that still need Java 6 support? Thanks! Andrew
