Hi Dan, Requiring Java 7 seems reasonable, especially if you want to use features only available in version 7. This will be for current development and the upcoming 2.5 release, correct? -ben
On Jul 11, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Daniel Crawl <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to require Java 7 for Kepler. Java 7 has new features and > better performance, and Oracle is no longer publicly releasing security > updates for Java 6. Does anyone object to Kepler requiring Java 7? > > For developers compiling Kepler, ant 1.8.2 or later is now required. > With the addition of new modules and jars, the class path has exceeded > the maximum path length on Windows. To avoid this problem, I've updated > the Kepler build system to use wildcards for the class path instead of > referencing individual jars. The earliest version of ant that supports > wildcards in the class path is 1.8.2. > > --dan > _______________________________________________ > Kepler-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-dev _______________________________________________ Kepler-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-dev
