fyi, plugin source links
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https://opensource.luminis.net/subversion/oss/projects/bundles/trunk/build-plugin/
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https://opensource.luminis.net/subversion/oss/projects/bundles/releases/build-plugin-0.2.0/

are broken.


On 5/18/09, Toni Menzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>
>
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