[jira] [Created] (HBASE-11666) Enforce JDK7 javac for builds on branch-1 and master

["Sean Busbey (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Sean Busbey created HBASE-11666:
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             Summary: Enforce JDK7 javac for builds on branch-1 and master
                 Key: HBASE-11666
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-11666
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: build, documentation
    Affects Versions: 1.0.0, 2.0.0
            Reporter: Sean Busbey
            Assignee: Sean Busbey


Per [the discussion on JDK versions|http://search-hadoop.com/m/DHED4Zlz0R1], we require Java 7 for 1.0+ (also we have code that only compiles under Java 7).

Right now, if you attempt to build with JDK6, Maven will happily oblige and then give you a cannot find symbol error about a Java 7 class we use.

We should

* update the Build HBase guide to reference our supported Java versions docs
* update our pom so that Maven will correctly complain about jdk versions.



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