Thanks Alan for the proposal. JDK8 seems to have very useful API. It should be good to start using it.
+1. On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Rajat Khandelwal < rajat.khandel...@inmobi.com> wrote: > +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. >
