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Posted to dev@flume.apache.org by Israel Ekpo <is...@aicer.org> on 2013/04/15 05:08:37 UTC

Moving Apache Flume to Java 7

Developers,

I was reading the following excerpt from the Oracle website a couple of
days ago and I was wondering when the project plans to move to Java 7.

In the POM, the maven compiler plugin is set to Java 6.

For the 1.4 release, it would be nice for us to move to the latest version
of Java that will continue to have security updates.

After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 to its
public download sites. All Java 6 releases up to and including 6u43 will be
moved to the Java Archive on the Oracle Technology Network, where they will
remain available but not receive updates. Oracle recommends that users
migrate to Java 7 in order to continue receiving public updates and
security enhancements.

References
http://java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html

Re: Moving Apache Flume to Java 7

Posted by Israel Ekpo <is...@aicer.org>.

Thanks.

On 14 April 2013 23:51, Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Israel,
> Many users continue to deploy Flume on Java 6. If people want to run Flume
> against Java 7, it will work, but we cannot drop support for
> compiling/running with Java 6.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> On Apr 14, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Israel Ekpo <is...@aicer.org> wrote:
>
> > Developers,
> >
> > I was reading the following excerpt from the Oracle website a couple of
> > days ago and I was wondering when the project plans to move to Java 7.
> >
> > In the POM, the maven compiler plugin is set to Java 6.
> >
> > For the 1.4 release, it would be nice for us to move to the latest
> version
> > of Java that will continue to have security updates.
> >
> > After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 to
> its
> > public download sites. All Java 6 releases up to and including 6u43 will
> be
> > moved to the Java Archive on the Oracle Technology Network, where they
> will
> > remain available but not receive updates. Oracle recommends that users
> > migrate to Java 7 in order to continue receiving public updates and
> > security enhancements.
> >
> > References
> > http://java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml
> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
>

Re: Moving Apache Flume to Java 7

Posted by Mike Percy <mp...@apache.org>.

Hi Israel,
Many users continue to deploy Flume on Java 6. If people want to run Flume against Java 7, it will work, but we cannot drop support for compiling/running with Java 6.

Regards,
Mike

On Apr 14, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Israel Ekpo <is...@aicer.org> wrote:

> Developers,
> 
> I was reading the following excerpt from the Oracle website a couple of
> days ago and I was wondering when the project plans to move to Java 7.
> 
> In the POM, the maven compiler plugin is set to Java 6.
> 
> For the 1.4 release, it would be nice for us to move to the latest version
> of Java that will continue to have security updates.
> 
> After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 to its
> public download sites. All Java 6 releases up to and including 6u43 will be
> moved to the Java Archive on the Oracle Technology Network, where they will
> remain available but not receive updates. Oracle recommends that users
> migrate to Java 7 in order to continue receiving public updates and
> security enhancements.
> 
> References
> http://java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html