[sakai2-tcc] Java 1.6 and Sakai 2.9

[Anthony Whyte]

Next Tuesday I plan to reconfigure the purepoms compiler plugin to compile with 1.6 (locally) and see how the indies behave when I compile them.  If they compile without complaint when I run

mvn compile

I'll test the rest of trunk.  If trunk behaves then perhaps we set the date between Wed-Fri, 1-3 December.  The date should be coordinated with Chris--not sure if Nightly2 build scripts require any adjustment.

I plan to use version 2.3.2 of the compiler plugin (and specify the version in the <plugin> entry).


<plugin>
				<inherited>true</inherited>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<configuration>
					<source>1.6</source>
					<target>1.6</target>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>

Cheers,

Anth


On Nov 19, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Seth Theriault wrote:

> Matthew Jones wrote:
> 
>> As mentioned on the source install guide, "Oracle's Sun Java SE 
>> 6<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/>, a.k.a Java 1.6, is the 
>> preferred version to use with Sakai 2.7." [1] However there is 
>> still some confusion about what this means. As we know Java 5 
>> is nearly a year now past the End of Life (11/09) and also 
>> harder to find for new people looking for it.
> 
> We definitely need to clarify this for the 2.8 release. If no QA 
> servers are running or building under 1.5 -- I am ignoring the 
> target versions discussion for now -- then we can be more 
> confident in making a statement along the lines of "we recommend 
> 1.6 and that's what this thing was QA'd on."
> 
> I have sent somemail to the qa-admins list about the use of 1.6.
> 
>> I agree with Seth that we should:
>> 
>> * Make the decision to switch the compilation for trunk (2.9) to 1.6. Sakai
>> after this version will no longer be guaranteed to be compatible with
>> JDK/JRE 1.5 and apis/methods/libraries specific to 1.6 could be used if
>> necessary.
> 
> Anyone have a suggestion for a date to move over definitely to 
> 1.6 in trunk? We could just announce a hard cutover to 
> identify/re-confirm the problem points that exist even with the 
> workarounds.
> 
> Seth
> 
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