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Lars Hofhansl commented on HBASE-5261: -------------------------------------- I think we need to be careful to maintain compatibility with JDK 6 for a loooong time. For many enterprises switched to JDK 7 is a major effort. > Update HBase for Java 7 > ----------------------- > > Key: HBASE-5261 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5261 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Mikhail Bautin > Assignee: Mikhail Bautin > > We need to make sure that HBase compiles and works with JDK 7. Once we verify > it is reasonably stable, we can explore utilizing the G1 garbage collector. > When all deployments are ready to move to JDK 7, we can start using new > language features, but in the transition period we will need to maintain a > codebase that compiles both with JDK 6 and JDK 7. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira