There is only a 1.0.3, a 1.5 and a 1.6 version of dumbster @ ibiblio. All three don't work with the 1.3 JDK.
Regards Henning On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 22:47 +1000, Dion Gillard wrote: > Which version of dumbster is being used? I specifically got a 1.3 > version deployed to ibiblio to help us test this. > > On 9/2/05, Henning P. Schmiedehausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dion Gillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >I'd much rather we build the release with jdk 1.3. > > > > >There are 1.4 specific methods, e.g. in StringBuffer that mean that > > >code compiled on 1.4 wont necessarily run on 1.3 > > > > I thought that the -source and -target switches of javac were intended > > to deal with these problems. Were they not? > > > > Anyway, I just tried the 1.3.1 JDK. The jar builds, the tests fail due > > to the fact that dumbster is compiled for 1.4 and my toolchain for > > rebuilding that (ant and everything) simply does not run on 1.3.1 any > > longer. So if anyone has a 1.3 compiled dumbster.jar for me, I'll try > > again. > > > > The 1.3.1 built jar passes the tests when running the test cases under > > the 1.4.2 runtime. You can get this jar from > > people.apache.org/~henning/commons-email-1.0-rc7.jar for > > testing. Personally I'd consider this "good enough". > > > > As a side note: 1.3 is in EOL process at Sun. At what point do we > > consider compatibility to 1.3 no longer necessary? > > > > Regards > > Henning > > > > > > >On 9/2/05, Henning P. Schmiedehausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > > >> >c) The jar file is built on JDK1.4. Is that your target JDK version? If > > >> >your target is lower, then compiling using JDK1.4 can cause issues when > > >> >running with earlier versions. This discussion has occurred before in > > >> >the archives. The chances are that in a component like this, you won't > > >> >be affected, but the risk is present. This point is -0. > > >> > > >> It is built with (in project.properties): > > >> > > >> maven.compile.source=1.3 > > >> maven.compile.target=1.3 > > >> > > >> so that shouldn't be a problem IMHO. (Eric and I did our tests on the > > >> 1.4.2 runtime, though). Thanks for pointing this out, if you advise to > > >> build the release using the 1.3.1 JDK, I will consider looking into > > >> this. > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> Henning > > >> -- > > >> Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > >> > > >> RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for > > >> hire > > >> Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > > >> > > >> 4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > >-- > > >http://www.multitask.com.au/people/dion/ > > >"You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your > > >reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live." - George > > >Bernard Shaw > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > > > RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > > Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > > > > 4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Engineering 4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]