+1 On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Prasanth Jayachandran < pjayachand...@hortonworks.com> wrote:
> +1 > > Thanks > Prasanth > > > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:55 PM -0800, "Thejas Nair" < > thejas.n...@gmail.com<mailto:thejas.n...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > There was a [DISCUSS] thread on the topic of moving to jdk8 for unit tests > [1], and many people also expressed the opinion that we should drop JDK 7 > support in Hive. Public updates by Oracle was stopped on Apr 2015 [2]. > > This vote thread proposes to dropping JDK 7 support in the next Apache Hive > 2.x release (ie master branch), so that we can start leveraging new > features in Java 8 and also libraries that require java8. > > [1] https://s.apache.org/hive-jdk8-test > [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html > > Here is my +1. > > Vote ends in 72 hours. > Thanks, > Thejas > > PS: I think this would fall under "Code change" under Hive-bylaws, so it > doesn't seem to really require a formal vote thread. But I think this does > merit wider attention than a jira ticket. > > -- Rajat Khandelwal Tech Lead -- _____________________________________________________________ The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. The firm is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.
