On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://maven.apache.org/developers/release/maven-project-release-procedure.html > says "you have JDK 5 installed and on your shell's path." > > I was about to try out the new laptop, which is a Macbook Air, and the > is the first time I've used a Mac. > It comes with JDK 6. > > Are we happy that compiler options will correctly build JDK 5 classes? > (Things like > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#isEmpty%28%29 > break binary backwards compatibility.)
I don't know of any reliable way to install 5 on a recent mac, and I've released about 10 things on my mac in the last year using 1.6. I'm perfectly happy the JVM version options -- it's the library functions that could get us. That (as Brett points out) is where the animal sniffer comes in -- or building with 1.7, which has stronger options for library compat than 1.5. > > Or do I need to work out how to install JDK 5? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
