+1 On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Jeremiah D Jordan <jerem...@datastax.com> wrote: > With Java 7 being EOL for free versions I am +1 on this. If you want to > stick with 7, you can always keep running 2.1. > >> On May 7, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> We discussed requiring Java 8 previously and decided to remain Java >> 7-compatible, but at the time we were planning to release 3.0 before Java 7 >> EOL. Now that 8099 and increased emphasis on QA have delayed us past Java >> 7 EOL, I think it's worth reopening this discussion. >> >> If we require 8, then we can use lambdas, LongAdder, StampedLock, Streaming >> collections, default methods, etc. Not just in 3.0 but over 3.x for the >> next year. >> >> If we don't, then people can choose whether to deploy on 7 or 8 -- but the >> vast majority will deploy on 8 simply because 7 is no longer supported >> without a premium contract with Oracle. 8 also has a more advanced G1GC >> implementation (see CASSANDRA-7486). >> >> I think that gaining access to the new features in 8 as we develop 3.x is >> worth losing the ability to run on a platform that will have been EOL for a >> couple months by the time we release. >> >> -- >> Jonathan Ellis >> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra >> co-founder, http://www.datastax.com >> @spyced >
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