On 10 March 2016 at 07:58, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote: > Keep in mind that a compiled module-info can be added to a JAR file where > the code is otherwise compiled for an older release. If you are willing to > tolerate a newer JDK in your build environment then you can compile that > code with `javac -release N`(see JEP 247 [1]). This means one JDK in your > build environment with the build creating a JAR file that you can deploy on > the class path with JDK N or newer, or as an explicit module with JDK 9 or > newer. It is of course a more complicated build but something that a > "forward looking" developer could do.
Joda-Time compiles for JDK 1.5, other Joda projects for 1..6. Last time I looked, the tool didn't go back far enough to be useful. Stephen
