On Wednesday 04 November 2009 20:15:33 xor wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 November 2009 17:49:56 Ian Clarke wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Colin Davis <colin at sq7.org> wrote:
> > http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardRN/
> >JavaSnowLeopardRN.pdf
> >
> > > Mac OS X 10.6 contains an Apple-provided Java SE 6 version of 1.6.0_15
> > > for both 32 and 64-bit Intel architectures.
> >
> > Ah, ok - they eventually released 1.6 for 32 bit, didn't know that.
> >
> > However, I think it is still a problem if 1.5 remains the default on
> > OSX 10.5, since upgrading Java is a significant barrier to entry.
> >
> > That being said, I think the key question is still: what do we gain by
> > dropping 1.5 compatibility?
>
> I like the "@Override" keywords, I think it still compiles as 1.5 code while
> only producing warnings. People have occasionally been removing them from the
> source code while reviewing it, we might decide to stop doing that.
>
No, it has to build with 1.5, 1.6-produced 1.5 code does not necessarily work
on a 1.5 JVM as I understand it. I will continue to remove anything that
prevents plugins and fred itself from building on 1.5, even though I only use
1.5 when releasing such things.
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