On 4/28/15 11:25 PM, Branko Čibej wrote:
> Subject says it all. Two reasons:
>
> * Java 5 has been officially dead since 2009
> * 1.9 JavaHL uses Java6 APIs
>
> It's possible to cross-compile for Java5 using newer JDKs, but the
> compiler only checks language features, not library usage; for the
> latter, you actually need Java5 classes available. I've not been able to
> find a J5SE download that doesn't require creating an account with Oracle.
>
> Alternatively, I'd be happy to keep the compatibility guarantee, but
> someone would have to make the Java 5 bootstrap classes available on a
> buildbot and use them for the JavaHL build and tests so that we can
> actually verify compatibility.
Just require Java 6. Java 7 is almost at the end of support. I doubt there's
very many people trying to use JavaHL with Java 5 and if there are it's still a
very small group. Not worth the effort in my opinion.
Received on 2015-04-30 15:58:55 CEST