Brian- did you ever file any bugs with the issues you experienced? On Dec 16, 2012, at 6:35 AM, "Peter Lin" <wool...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_07-b11) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.3-b01, mixed mode) > > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Sylvain Lebresne <sylv...@datastax.com> > wrote: >> 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 >>> >> >> Join Barracuda Networks in the fight against hunger. 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