On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Voodoo <w...@voodoolunchbox.com> wrote: > And if you want a competitive edge, use it, tune it, take full advantage of > the better version (7) and DON'T share. See the problem with not assigning > this as a first class task for ASF team?
Umm, no? Care to explain? > On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Eric Evans <eev...@acunu.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Rob Coli <rc...@palominodb.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Edward Sargisson >>> <edward.sargis...@globalrelay.net> wrote: >>>> The Datastax documentation says that Java 7 is not recommended[1]. However, >>>> Java 6 is due to EOL in Feb 2013 so what is the reasoning behind that >>>> comment? >>> >>> I've asked this approximate question here a few times, with no >>> official response. The reason I ask is that in addition to Java 7 not >>> being recommended, in Java 7 OpenJDK becomes the "reference" JVM, and >>> OpenJDK is also not recommended. >>> >>> From other channels, I have conjectured that the current advice on >>> Java 7 is "it 'works' but is not as extensively tested (and definitely >>> not as commonly deployed) as Java 6". >> >> That sounds about right. The best way to change the status quo would >> be to use Java 7, report any bugs you find, and share your >> experiences. >> >> -- >> Eric Evans >> Acunu | http://www.acunu.com | @acunu -- Eric Evans Acunu | http://www.acunu.com | @acunu
