What about simply bumping the reqs to java 5? Gary
On Aug 28, 2011, at 13:46, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/28/11 3:51 AM, Oliver Heger wrote: >> This is a vote to release Apache Commons Configuration 1.7 based >> on the first RC. >> >> Tag: >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/configuration/tags/CONFIGURATION_1_7RC1/ >> >> Distributions: http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.7rc1/ >> >> Maven artifacts: >> http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.7rc1/maven/ >> >> Site: http://people.apache.org/~oheger/configuration-1.7rc1/site/ >> >> [ ] +1 release it >> [ ] +0 go ahead I don't care >> [ ] -1 no, do not release it because... >> >> Vote will remain open for 72 hours. > > The release notes (which are very nice, btw) say that 1.3 compat has > been dropped, but the site says 1.4 is still supported. I get the > following compile error when I try to compile using 1.4 (under Ant) > [javac] bad class file: > /home/psteitz/.m2/repository/org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.0/commons-vfs2-2.0.jar(org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileObject.class) > [javac] class file has wrong version 49.0, should be 48.0 > [javac] Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct > subdirectory of the classpath. > [javac] import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject; > > The Ant build did not work for me out of the box either. It should > probably be either replaced with a working Ant build or removed. It > tries to pull release versions of dependencies from the apache > snapshots repo and it also looks for JUNIT in ANT_HOME. To get it > to work, I removed the unless key on the test goal, and relied on > the fact that all deps were already in my local repo. > > Other than these issues, the release looks great. Could be the > first issue is OK for runtime use, as long as whoever is using the > component under 1.4 pulls in a compatible VFS if this is used. But > it looks like VFS is a required (not test only) dependency, so > unless I am missing something, this means you can't build from > source under 1.4. Does the maven 1.4 profile work here? Sorry I > did not test that. > > Phil > > >> >> Oliver >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
