+1  for JDK 8 / Language Level 8 as well.

Please remember that JDK 7 is already no longer updated  - 
https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml 
<https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml> since April/2015.


~/William

> On Jul 27, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Kirk Lund <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> True enough! I guess there's nothing preventing us from moving Geode to JDK 
> 1.8 now.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Lyndon Adams <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Why do you need to wait until "customers move to 1.8" when geode is an open 
> source product? Surely customers are using a paid support version. Am I 
> missing something?
> 
> Lyndon Adams
> London, SW11
> 
> On 25 Jul 2015, at 07:33, Kirk Lund <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>> Oi João,
>> 
>> Our current source code level is Java 1.7.  We just added 1.8 support 
>> meaning that we build/compile the product under 1.7 JDK and then test with 
>> both 1.7 and 1.8 JREs.
>> 
>> We won't be able to drop 1.7 support until all customers move to 1.8 
>> (hopefully soon but probably not in 2015).
>> 
>> -Kirk
>> 
>> On Friday, July 24, 2015, João Peixoto <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Thanks (obrigado ;) ) William.
>> 
>> If I were to contribute to the project with a PR, which level should I 
>> respect?
>> 
>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 9:40 PM William Markito <[email protected] <>> 
>> wrote:
>> Hi João (Opa, tudo bem ?)
>> 
>> Actually it's supposed to be Java 7 but there are areas that needs to be 
>> updated.
>> 
>> But you should be also fine to run and compile with Java 8.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On Jul 24, 2015, at 9:32 PM, João Peixoto <[email protected] <>> 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm looking at the source code and I was wondering what is the language 
>> > level that Geode is aiming for. Currently it seems compatible with Java 
>> > 1.6, wondering if that minimum will be raised.
> 

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