[GitHub] [helix] brentwritescode commented on issue #1577: Upgrade from Java 8 to Java 11

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brentwritescode commented on issue #1577:
URL: https://github.com/apache/helix/issues/1577#issuecomment-741123469


   Just saw this and wanted to add a few small comments/thoughts (and then I'll remove myself from this discussion since I know I'm not a core developer here):
   
   There was just a very long discussion on the Zookeeper dev mailing list about this 2 months ago if it helps:  https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/zookeeper-dev/202010.mbox/browser
   
   Are you thinking backward-incompatible Java 11 only (i.e. using features that are unavailable in Java 8)?  Asking so I can be prepared to have some discussions since we currently default to Java 8 in my environment.  Java 8 is still LTS until 2030 I think (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history),  so maybe worth understanding how many Helix users are bound to that.
   
   FWIW, I think as of https://github.com/apache/helix/pull/1424 Helix successfully builds on Java 11, though I've only done minimal testing.
   
   Thanks for listening!  
   
   _slowly backs out of discussion_


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