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

[Anthony Whyte]

I agree with this approach.  We are a bit late in the releasecycle to require Java 6 (which will force us to patch the code).  I do think we should make the required changes to trunk as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Anth

On Feb 18, 2011, at 9:43 AM, John Bush wrote:

> This is exactly what I would like to see.  Let's just get it building,
> which it will after a few things aren't merged.  Its working for me
> now with the patches from yesterday.  I think its just too late to
> make the decision to force people off of 1.5, its clear from this
> discussion that we've haven't set that expectation yet.  Then for 2.9
> its a different story.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:39 AM, David Horwitz <david.horwitz at uct.ac.za> wrote:
>> 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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