On 25 Aug, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> 2. Update Java requirement from Java 1.5 to *at least* Java 1.7 >>> I am rather adamant that we change our building requirement to Java 1.7 >>> for all platforms. I will be changing that in our Building Guide today. >> >> Is there a real reason for it? I see this like saying (this is just an >> example, not to be taken literally) "we drop support for Windows XP >> since it's old and unsupported". In short: if we need work to drop Java >> 1.5 then we have clear advantages in raising our requirement to 1.7, >> otherwise we can simply drop the requirement saying "we won't explicitly >> test compatibility with Java < 1.7"; but in that case we must provide >> ways to obtain a compatible JRE for all the 4 supported platforms.
In the experiments that I've done, it seems like if you build with a certain Java version, the resulting executables won't work with an older Java version on the machine where the installation is done. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
