On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Michael Kjellman <mkjell...@barracuda.com>wrote:
> What "issues" have you ran into? Actually curious because we push 1.1.5-7 > really hard and have no issues whatsoever. > > A related question is "which which version of java 7 did you try"? The first releases of java 7 were apparently famous for having many issues but it seems the more recent updates are much more stable. -- Sylvain > On Dec 15, 2012, at 7:51 AM, "Brian Tarbox" <tar...@cabotresearch.com> > wrote: > > We've reverted all machines back to Java 6 after running into numerous > Java 7 issues...some running Cassandra, some running Zookeeper, others just > general problems. I don't recall any other major language release being > such a mess. > > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Bill de hÓra <b...@dehora.net> wrote: > >> "At least that would be one way of defining "officially supported". >> >> Not quite, because, Datastax is not Apache Cassandra. >> >> "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." >> >> Exactly right. If enough people use Cassandra on Java7 and enough people >> file bugs about Java 7 and enough people work on bugs for Java 7 then >> Cassandra will eventually work well enough on Java7. >> >> Bill >> >> On 14 Dec 2012, at 19:43, 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" >> > >> >> > > ---------------------------------- > Join Barracuda Networks in the fight against hunger. > To learn how you can help in your community, please visit: > http://on.fb.me/UAdL4f > >
