Dne úterý 25. října 2022 11:02:07 CET, Neil C Smith napsal(a): > On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 08:06, Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > JDK `javac` drops support for old `-target` versions. E.g. version 11 can > > no> > > longer target 1.5 bytecode: > > Doesn't that take nb-javac beyond ever being just an automated > backport of the current javac to run on older JDK?
nb-javac is an automated backport of the latest JDK's javac to run on JDK8+. No change here. > I'm confused! Wasn't the original proposal (and our existing usage of > it) about using nb-javac to support later source and target while > running on an older JDK. This also adds supporting older source and > target while running on a newer JDK? By fixing the compiler in the build script (by downloading it from Maven central) you will be able to build such version of NetBeans on JDK33+ even if it drops support for any `-target` NetBeans currently needs. If we stick using `javac` from the JDK the NetBeans build runs on, then at one moment you will need to download an ancient JDK to built old version of NetBeans as JDK33+ would be "too modern". Let's use the JDK as a runtime only. Let's stop relying on its compiler. The build will be more reproducible. -jt --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
