[HADOOP-2325] Require Java 6

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Component/s: build
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed
• Release Note: Hadoop now requires Java 6.
• Assignee: Doug Cutting
• Reporter: Doug Cutting
• Created: 01/Dec/07 00:16
• Updated: 20/Nov/08 23:38
• Resolved: 07/Jul/08 20:43

Description

We should require Java 6 for release 0.17. Java 6 is now available for OS/X. Hadoop performs much better on Java 6. And, finally, there are features of Java 6 (like 'df') that would be nice to use.