[CASSANDRA-16197] Upgrade the metrics version

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Dependencies
• Change Category: Quality Assurance
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Platform: All
• Assignee: Benjamin Lerer
• Reporter: Benjamin Lerer

Authors

Benjamin Lerer

• Created: 07/Oct/20 15:29
• Updated: 14/Oct/20 14:09
• Resolved: 08/Oct/20 08:31

Description

The current metrics version used by Cassandra is 3.1.5 which was not compiled and targeted for the JDK 8 (https://metrics.dropwizard.io/4.1.2/about/release-notes.html).
There are several bug fixes that would also be interesting to get.