[sakai2-tcc] Are we supporting Java 1.5 for 2.8?

[David Horwitz]

My recommendation:

2.8: recommend 1.6 - code compiles in 1.5
2.9: require 1.6 - no guarantee  that code will compile/run in 1.5

D

On 02/18/2011 04:32 PM, Seth Theriault wrote:
> Anthony Whyte wrote:
>
>   
>> If we want to drop 1.5 then we need to make sure that the 
>> code compiles after adjusting Maven's compiler plugin 
>> settings from 1.5 to 1.6.  Last time I checked (early 
>> December) the kernel failed to build due to an issue with 
>> kernel util's validater.java due to "unmappable character 
>> for encoding UTF-8 (53 cases)."
>>     
> I think we should be clear about what we want to do for 2.8.
>
> There is a difference between telling people to use 1.6 
> (while maintaining the 1.5 source and targets) and forcing the 
> use of 1.6 (by changing them).
>
> Given that we are late in the cycle and we know that (from QA) 
> that the current 2.8 code can be built and run in 1.6 -- 
> albeit with 1.5 source and targets -- I think we should just 
> emphatically state the need to use 1.6, rather than force it.
>
> Seth
>
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