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[jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-11090) [Umbrella] Support Java 8 in Hadoop

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-11090?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14635012#comment-14635012 ] 

Steve commented on HADOOP-11090:
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Commenting on the possible severity of this issue --

JDK7 has been discontinued by Oracle, yet the last publicly available release now has a day-zero vulnerability "actively being exploited by hackers".

See:
https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/july_2015_critical_patch_update
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html


> [Umbrella] Support Java 8 in Hadoop
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-11090
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-11090
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: Mohammad Kamrul Islam
>            Assignee: Mohammad Kamrul Islam
>
> Java 8 is coming quickly to various clusters. Making sure Hadoop seamlessly works  with Java 8 is important for the Apache community.
>   
> This JIRA is to track  the issues/experiences encountered during Java 8 migration. If you find a potential bug , please create a separate JIRA either as a sub-task or linked into this JIRA.
> If you find a Hadoop or JVM configuration tuning, you can create a JIRA as well. Or you can add  a comment  here.



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