Hi Steve, On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@canonical.com> wrote: > Package: erlang > Version: 1:18.3.4+dfsg-1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com > Usertags: origin-ubuntu yakkety ubuntu-patch > > Hi Sergei, > > In Ubuntu, we've applied a patch to erlang to specify the java bytecode > compatibility level to use when building. This patch was first applied > during the transition to openjdk6, so it's quite old, and currently we only > support openjdk8 in testing/unstable/the Ubuntu devel series so there is > *currently* no effect on compatibility to not use this patch. However, > there will be future java transitions again, so in discussion with the > Ubuntu Java maintainers we've agreed it's useful to keep this patch instead > of dropping it. > > So as the same logic seems to apply to Debian, I am forwarding the patch for > your consideration.
I see that in Ubuntu you set the java compatibility level as 1.8. Is there any policy requirement or docs about that. I remember that I set it to 1.5 for some lintian warning a long time ago, and I'd like to know if I should bump it as well. Cheers! -- Sergei Golovan