[CASSANDRA-18688] Limit Java runtime in 5.1 to JDK 11 and 17 in scripts; add a flag to opt out of that

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.1
• Component/s: Build
• Change Category: Code Clarity
• Complexity: Normal
• Platform: All

Source Control Link

43eb2a4bde..89e33a16ea  

Test and Documentation Plan

Cassandra startup was tested with JDK 11,  17 & 21 with and without the new environment variable being set

• Assignee: shylaja kokoori
• Reporter: Ekaterina Dimitrova

Authors

shylaja kokoori

Reviewers

Berenguer Blasi, Ekaterina Dimitrova, Michael Semb Wever, Stefan Miklosovic

• Created: 24/Jul/23 23:42
• Updated: 19/Jan/24 14:13
• Resolved: 19/Jan/24 14:11

Description

Currently, we limit our users from building with non-default Java versions in build.xml.

They can easily hack build.xml for test purposes with different versions.

Cassandra–5.1 will be run on JDK11 and JDK17, but on startup, we do not limit people to those two, but only to everything >= 11. We should also put an upper limit of 17 in our Cassandra startup scripts. We can also add a flag to opt-out if someone wants to test with newer versions.

Issue Links

• is related to: CASSANDRA-18255 Drop JDK8 Support
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2563