Either ’a’ or ‘b’. I’m all for anything that makes releasing easier.
+1 for requiring java 1.7 or 1.8 to build site +1 (in general) for requiring java 1.7 or 1.8 to build artifacts, even if project is targeted to 1.6, 1.5, etc. chas > On Aug 13, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Oliver Heger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Am 12.08.2016 um 20:11 schrieb Gary Gregory: >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Dennis Kieselhorst <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Am 12.08.2016 um 01:18 schrieb Gary Gregory: >>>> -1 >>>> >>>> From src zip: ASC, MD5, SHA1 OK. >>>> >>>> Building with: >>>> >>>> Apache Maven 3.0.5 (r01de14724cdef164cd33c7c8c2fe155faf9602da; >>> 2013-02-19 >>>> 05:51:28-0800) >>>> Maven home: E:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.5 >>>> Java version: *1.6.0_45*, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. >>>> Java home: E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\jre >>>> Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252 >>>> OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows" >>>> >>> Is it really necessary that the site build is possible with JDK 1.6? >> >> >> For me, keeping it simple is nice. If we say we have different requirements >> for building jars vs. building the site, we are making our lives more >> difficult IMO. > > Okay, I have no interest in fixing the site build on Java 1.6 because I > do not think it is worth the effort. I belief that not many users will > build the site, and even less will do this on a JDK 1.6. It may also > well be the case that it is not possible to come to a solution which > supports both Java 1.6 and 1.8. > > So from my PoV we have the following options regarding this release: > > a) Accept the RC as is and ignore this issue. > > b) Add a note to the building documentation that the site build requires > a minimum JDK of 1.7. This is a change of the site and does not require > another RC. > > c) Switch to JDK 1.7 for [configuration]. I do not think that this is a > good solution because then all Java 6 users are out of the game for no > good reason. > > d) I step back as RM and make room for more capable people. > > Please tell me your preference. > > Oliver > >> >> Gary >> >> >>> I >>> checked the history and Oliver updated the findbugs-plugin with comment >>> "The site build now works with Java 1.8.". Site build with JDK 1.8 works >>> fine for me. I assume problems problems, if we downgrade it again and >>> would prefer that it works with latest JDK version. >>> >>> Regards >>> Dennis >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
