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Ismael Juma commented on KAFKA-2203: ------------------------------------ I just did a `gradlew build` with JDK 8u60 EA and it succeeded (even though there were a number of warnings). > Get gradle build to work with Java 8 > ------------------------------------ > > Key: KAFKA-2203 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2203 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: build > Affects Versions: 0.8.1.1 > Reporter: Gaju Bhat > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.8.1.2 > > Attachments: 0001-Special-case-java-8-and-javadoc-handling.patch > > > The gradle build halts because javadoc in java 8 is a lot stricter about > valid html. > It might be worthwhile to special case java 8 as described > [here|http://blog.joda.org/2014/02/turning-off-doclint-in-jdk-8-javadoc.html]. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)