for what it's worth, I'm running on java 7 with 1.1.x release without any problems.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Drew Kutcharian <d...@venarc.com> wrote: > In addition, the DataStax official documentation states: "Versions earlier > than 1.6.0_19 should not be used. Java 7 is not recommended." > > http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.1/install/install_rpm > > > > On Dec 14, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Aaron Turner <synfina...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Does Datastax (or any other company) support Cassandra under Java 7? >> Or will they tell you to downgrade when you have some problem, because >> they don't support C* running on 7? >> >> At least that would be one way of defining "officially supported". >> >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> >> wrote: >>> What kind of official statement do you want? As far as I can be considered >>> an official voice of the project, my statement is: "various people run in >>> production with Java 7 and it seems to work". >>> >>> Or to answer the initial question, the only issue related to Java 7 that I >>> know of is CASSANDRA-4958, but that's osx specific (I wouldn't advise using >>> osx in production anyway) and it's not directly related to Cassandra anyway >>> so you can easily use the beta version of snappy-java as a workaround if you >>> want to. So that non blocking issue aside, and as far as we know, Cassandra >>> supports Java 7. Is it rock-solid in production? Well, only repeated use in >>> production can tell, and that's not really in the hand of the project. We do >>> obviously encourage people to try Java 7 as much as possible and report any >>> problem they may run into, but I would have though this goes without saying. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Rob Coli <rc...@palominodb.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Drew Kutcharian <d...@venarc.com> wrote: >>>>> With Java 6 begin EOL-ed soon >>>>> (https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/end_of_public_updates_for), what's >>>>> the >>>>> status of Cassandra's Java 7 support? Anyone using it in production? Any >>>>> outstanding *known* issues? >>>> >>>> I'd love to see an official statement from the project, due to the >>>> sort of EOL issues you're referring to. Unfortunately previous >>>> requests on this list for such a statement have gone unanswered. >>>> >>>> The non-official response is that various people run in production >>>> with Java 7 and it seems to work. :) >>>> >>>> =Rob >>>> >>>> -- >>>> =Robert Coli >>>> AIM>ALK - rc...@palominodb.com >>>> YAHOO - rcoli.palominob >>>> SKYPE - rcoli_palominodb >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Aaron Turner >> http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic >> http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & >> Windows >> Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary >> Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. >> -- Benjamin Franklin >> "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero" >
