On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Scott Carey <sc...@richrelevance.com> wrote: > Java 7 update 4 has been released. It is even available for MacOS X from > Oracle: > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u4-downloads-1591156.html > > Java 6 will reach end of life in about 6 months. After that point, there > will be no more public updates from Oracle for Java 6, even security updates. > https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/updated_java_6_eol_date > You can of course pay them for updates or build your own OpenJDK. > > The entire Hadoop ecosystem needs to test against Java 7 JDKs this year.
Forgot to mention, Apache Bigtop has started an effort here (see BIGTOP-458).
