The bit that confuses me is that I am getting a compilation failure with JDK 1.8.
I'll try install a jdk 1.7 and see if that works, but it just feels odd that the code won't compile with jdk 1.8. On Tue, January 12, 2016 20:34, Dan Haywood wrote: > Yes... at least from the mvn command line. It still can be built fine > from within IntelliJ. > > Why do this? > > > Previously we had <source>1.7</source> and <target>1.7</target> flags for > the compiler plugin, but this didn't seem to prohibit the accidental use > of the JDK 1.8 APIs. > > So I think it's the only safe way to ensure backward compatibility ... > and it is the way recommended by Maven. > > -- D > > > > > > > > On 12 January 2016 at 19:31, Jeroen van der Wal <jer...@stromboli.it> > wrote: > > >> I posted first ;-) >> >> >> Are you suggesting that building Isis from source would require >> installing 1.7 JDK? >> >> >> On 12 January 2016 at 20:30, Dan Haywood <d...@haywood-associates.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Jeroen, >>> >>> >>> Did you post your mail after my reply to Kevin? ... I described the >>> setup there. >>> >>> thx Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12 January 2016 at 19:26, Jeroen van der Wal <jer...@stromboli.it> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> At my machine the toolchains plugin is complaining: >>>> >>>> >>>> [ERROR] Failed to execute goal >>>> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-toolchains-plugin:1.1:toolchain >>>> >> (default) >> >>> on >>>> project isis: Cannot find matching toolchain definitions for the >>> following >>>> toolchain types: [ERROR] jdk [ vendor='oracle' version='1.7' ] >>>> [ERROR] Please make sure you define the required toolchains in your >>>> ~/.m2/toolchains.xml file. >>>> [ERROR] -> [Help 1] >>>> [ERROR] >>>> [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with >>>> >> the >>> -e >>> >>>> switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full >>>> debug logging. [ERROR] >>>> [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible >>>> solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] >>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureExceptio >>>> n >>>> >>>> I'll do some further research on this. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12 January 2016 at 19:46, Kevin Meyer <ke...@kmz.co.za> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Umm, is this just because I'm forcing compilation with jdk 1.8? >>>>> (I >>>>> >>> don't >>>>> have 1.7 installed): >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [ERROR] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> /home/kevin/isis/release/1.11.1/isis-1.11.1/metamodel/src/main/java/org >> /apache/isis/core/metamodel/facets/object/value/vsp/ValueSemanticsProvi >> derUtil.java:[48,72] >> >>>>> error: incompatible types: bad type in conditional expression >>>>> [ERROR] Class<CAP#1> cannot be converted to Class<? extends >>>>> ValueSemanticsProvider<?>> >>>>> where CAP#1 is a fresh type-variable: CAP#1 extends Object from >>>>> capture of ? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> /home/kevin/isis/release/1.11.1/isis-1.11.1/metamodel/src/main/java/org >> /apache/isis/core/metamodel/facets/object/parseable/ParserUtil.java:[46 >> ,70] >> >>>>> error: incompatible types: bad type in conditional expression >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, January 10, 2016 16:43, Dan Haywood wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I've cut a release for Apache Isis Core and the simpleapp >>>>>> >> archetype: >> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> * Core 1.11.1 >>>>>> * SimpleApp Archetype 1.11.1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This bug release fix is primarily because Isis 1.11.0 was >>>>>> released >>> with >>>>>> dependencies on JDK8. See ISIS-1296 for further details. >>>>>> >>>>>> The source code artefacts have been uploaded to staging >>>>>> >> repositories >>> on >>>>>> repository.apache.org: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> * >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> http://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheisis-1041/or >> g/a >>>>>> pache/isis/core/isis/1.11.1/isis-1.11.1-source-release.zip * >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> http://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheisis-1041/or >> g/a >>>>>> >>>> >> pache/isis/archetype/simpleapp-archetype/1.11.1/simpleapp-archetype-1.1 >> 1. >> >>>>>> 1-source-release.zip >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> For each zip there is a corresponding signature file (append >>>>>> .asc >>>>>> >> to >>>> the >>>>>> zip's url). >>>>>> >>>>>> In the source code repo the code has been tagged as >>>>>> isis-1.11.1-RC1 >>> and >>>>>> simpleapp-archetype-1.11.1-RC1; see >>>>>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=isis.git >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> For instructions on how to verify the release (build from >>>>>> binaries >>>> and/or >>>>>> use in Maven directly), see >>>>>> http://isis.apache.org/guides/cgcom.html#_cgcom_verifying-relea >>>>>> ses >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Please verify the release and cast your vote. The vote will be >>>>>> >> open >>>> for >>>>>> a minimum of 72 hours. >>>>>> >>>>>> [ ] +1 >>>>>> [ ] 0 >>>>>> [ ] -1 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Kevin Meyer >>>>> Ljubljana, Slovenia >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- Kevin Meyer Ljubljana, Slovenia
