my experience is that there are still a lot of java 6 clusters out there. also distros that bundle spark still support java 6 On Oct 17, 2014 8:01 PM, "Andrew Ash" <and...@andrewash.com> wrote:
> Hi Spark devs, > > I've heard a few times that keeping support for Java 6 is a priority for > Apache Spark. Given that Java 6 has been publicly EOL'd since Feb 2013 > <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html> and the last > public update was Apr 2013 > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_6_updates>, why > are we still maintaing support for 6? The only people using it now must be > paying for the extended support to continue receiving security fixes. > > Bumping the lower bound of Java versions up to Java 7 would allow us to > upgrade from Jetty 8 to 9, which is currently a conflict with the > Dropwizard framework and a personal pain point. > > Java 6 vs 7 for Spark links: > Try with resources > <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/2575/files#r18152125> for > SparkContext et al > Upgrade to Jetty 9 > <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/167#issuecomment-54544494> > Warn when not compiling with Java6 > <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/859> > > > Who are the people out there that still need Java 6 support? > > Thanks! > Andrew >
