Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-accumulo-notifications-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-notifications-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41CC2DDFD for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:44:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 2964 invoked by uid 500); 13 Dec 2012 23:44:12 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-notifications-archive@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 2922 invoked by uid 500); 13 Dec 2012 23:44:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact notifications-help@accumulo.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: jira@apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list notifications@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 2801 invoked by uid 99); 13 Dec 2012 23:44:12 -0000 Received: from arcas.apache.org (HELO arcas.apache.org) (140.211.11.28) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:44:12 +0000 Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:44:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "Christopher Tubbs (JIRA)" To: notifications@accumulo.apache.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [jira] [Updated] (ACCUMULO-905) Switch to Java 1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-905?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Christopher Tubbs updated ACCUMULO-905: --------------------------------------- Status: Patch Available (was: In Progress) > Switch to Java 1.7 > ------------------ > > Key: ACCUMULO-905 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-905 > Project: Accumulo > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Christopher Tubbs > Assignee: Christopher Tubbs > Labels: java, jdk1.7 > Fix For: 1.6.0 > > Attachments: ACCUMULO-905-1.patch > > Original Estimate: 5m > Remaining Estimate: 5m > > As 1.7 becomes the default Java in more and more operating systems, and security-related bugfixes and other fixes in Java itself are targeted more towards newer versions, rather than maintaining older versions, it would be prudent to switch to using 1.7 as our target platform. > This change would allow us to leverage some of the newer features of Java. > This change can be established at the beginning of the development cycle for Accumulo 1.6.0, so that we can immediately begin taking advantage of the new Java features in 1.6.0 features after 1.5.0 is released. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira