+1. We definitely need *Improved Security* which are part of newer releases of Java. (https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/why_upgrade.xml)
Regards, Krishna Pandey On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Colm O hEigeartaigh <[email protected]> wrote: > +1. > > Colm. > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Mohammad Islam <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> +1. Compliance with other Hadoop ecosystems is very important. >> >> Regards, >> Mohammad >> >> >> On Monday, September 18, 2017, 10:47:53 AM PDT, Sandeep More < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> That's a good point Larry ! I was thinking for the new features, but yes >> back-porting would be a pain I agree. >> >> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 1:32 PM, larry mccay <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi Sandeep - >> > >> > This is a good point and I should try and set expectations here >> properly. >> > I think that it would be good practice to be careful about where we add >> > Java 8 specifics. >> > >> > I would propose that we should limit this use to new features. >> > This will help minimize the pain in backports to previous releases that >> > community members need to continue to support. >> > >> > I would not like to see changes across the codebase to start using >> things >> > just because we can. >> > >> > It will take some thought sometimes to limit it to new features and we >> > won't catch them all. >> > But the flip side of that is we won't break everyone with a single >> change >> > if we don't do it against many files at once that don't need it. >> > >> > That's my thoughts on it anyway... >> > >> > thanks, >> > >> > --larry >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Sandeep More <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> +1 as well. Also, we should be able to leverage some functionality from >> >> JDK8 without the fear of breaking builds. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Sandeep >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Philip Zampino < >> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> +1 >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Phil >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 9/18/17, 10:38 AM, "larry mccay" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> All - >> >>> >> >>> We have been supporting Java 7 long past it's EOL which was in 2015 >> >>> in >> >>> order to be compatible with deployments that are conservative in >> >>> upgrading >> >>> to Java 8. >> >>> >> >>> I feel that at this point anyone that has not upgraded is not >> >>> sufficiently >> >>> concerned about the security implications and that this is no >> longer >> >>> being >> >>> conservative. :) >> >>> >> >>> In addition, a number of components within the hadoop ecosystem >> have >> >>> already dropped Java 7 support. The popularity of these particular >> >>> components more or less means that Java 8 will likely be in place >> >>> anyway. >> >>> >> >>> This will also enable us to upgrade to the pac4j 2.x releases which >> >>> have >> >>> features that we would benefit from. >> >>> >> >>> If anyone has any concerns about this - please feel free to raise a >> >>> flag. >> >>> >> >>> thanks, >> >>> >> >>> --larry >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Colm O hEigeartaigh > > Talend Community Coder > http://coders.talend.com >
