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Vineet Goel commented on HAWQ-171: ---------------------------------- [~shivram] does this JIRA need to be targeted for "2.0.0.0-incubating" release? If not, we should change the Fix Version to "backlog" or another release. Please update the JIRA Fix Version field soon so "2.0.0.0-incubating" is not blocked. > Upgrade PXF to Java 8 > --------------------- > > Key: HAWQ-171 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-171 > Project: Apache HAWQ > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: PXF > Reporter: Shivram Mani > Assignee: Shivram Mani > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > > JDK 8 has introduced a slew of new features including support for a Stream > API, lambda expressions and security and performance improvements. Updating > PXF to use JDK8 would allow us to benefit using these improvements. > Overview of changes intorduced in JDK8 > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8-whats-new-2157071.html -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)