[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-5261) Update HBase for Java 7

["Suraj Varma (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Suraj Varma commented on HBASE-5261:
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Agreed - we need to maintain compatibility with JDK6 for sure. But given that JDK 6 is getting EOL in Nov 2012, we should see more companies moving to _running_ on JDK 7 ... 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
JDK6	Released: Dec 2006	End of Public Updates: Nov 2012
                
> Update HBase for Java 7
> -----------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-5261
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5261
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Mikhail Bautin
>            Assignee: Mikhail Bautin
>
> We need to make sure that HBase compiles and works with JDK 7. Once we verify it is reasonably stable, we can explore utilizing the G1 garbage collector. When all deployments are ready to move to JDK 7, we can start using new language features, but in the transition period we will need to maintain a codebase that compiles both with JDK 6 and JDK 7.

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