thanks, marcel! yeah, i would really like to see at least an incremental java 5 support where possible. Once i can build (;-) i will look into that. Reason is - i would never have bothered - that the machine runs on Mac OS X 10.4 which does not even support java 6. (didn't believe it first, too)
On 5/18/09, Marcel Offermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Toni, > > On May 18, 2009, at 11:18 , Toni Menzel wrote: > >> On the railway, i had a look in the ace codebase, where i encountered >> the tight java 6 constraint. With no wifi and just java 5 on the spare >> notebook.. it was a stopper. > > Ok, sorry about that. > >> So, why is that in general (ace requirement?) and is there a special >> reason why even basic stuff like the ant bundle-project plugin is >> class compatible just to java >= 6 ? > > There were two reasons (both of which can be debated): > 1) we had a Java 6 dependency anyway for the Swing client > 2) Java 5 will be end of lifed by Sun this year anyway > > We did not donate 1) so that is no longer that valid. > There are other parties (such as Apple) providing and supporting Java 5. > >> Is the plugin source available yet ? Or is it possible to get a more >> compatible (lower java versions) build (if possible at all). > > Yes, the plugin source is available (for some time now): > http://opensource.luminis.net/wiki/display/SITE/OSGi+Bundle+Ant+Task > > It should build on Java 5. > > Greetings, Marcel > > -- Toni Menzel Independent Software Developer - Looking for new projects! Professional Profile: http://www.osgify.com Blog: tonitcom.blogspot.com [email protected] http://www.ops4j.org - New Energy for OSS Communities - Open Participation Software.
