On 21-02-2022 08:21, win...@genial.ms wrote:
Hi,
normally I'd think, its a good idea to require a newer version when the old ones
get deprecated, though it seems no new features are needed and there are people
waiting since years for a release while they are on 0.11.6 or some other 
bug-ridden
version including game-breaking bugs and a security problem.
IMHO there should be a Java 8 compatible release for these people, as some may
be on an older OS/distro without new Java. After a release would be the better 
time
to up the requirements.

Regards,

wintertime



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Compiling with java 8 does give errors, so trunk is currently not compatible with java 8 .


compile:
   [javac] Compiling 777 source files to /home/panoramix/Documents/Aur/pkgbuilds/freecol-git/src/freecol-git/build    [javac] /home/panoramix/Documents/Aur/pkgbuilds/freecol-git/src/freecol-git/src/net/sf/freecol/common/io/sza/SimpleZippedAnimati
on.java:210: error: <identifier> expected
   [javac]         try (zipStream) {
   [javac]                       ^
   [javac] /home/panoramix/Documents/Aur/pkgbuilds/freecol-git/src/freecol-git/src/net/sf/freecol/common/io/sza/SimpleZippedAnimati
on.java:210: error: ')' expected
   [javac]         try (zipStream) {
   [javac]                        ^
   [javac] /home/panoramix/Documents/Aur/pkgbuilds/freecol-git/src/freecol-git/src/net/sf/freecol/common/io/sza/SimpleZippedAnimati
on.java:210: error: '{' expected
   [javac]         try (zipStream) {
   [javac]                          ^
   [javac] /home/panoramix/Documents/Aur/pkgbuilds/freecol-git/src/freecol-git/src/net/sf/freecol/common/io/sza/SimpleZippedAnimati
on.java:211: error: not a statement
   [javac]             BufferedReader in;
   [javac]                            ^
   [javac] 4 errors

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