Crud. This just isn't going to be easy, is it?
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Another issue, which may be more problematic, is that in my case I'm
> compiling against the java.sql.Statement interface. If I remove the
> troublesome methods so that it compiles for 1.5, it no longer compiles for
> 1.6 because of the missing methods:
>
> [WARNING]
> /home/software/liftweb/lift-mapper/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/mapper/LoggingStatementWrappers.scala:70:
> error: class LoggedStatement needs to be abstract, since method isPoolable
> in trait Statement of type ()Boolean is not defined
> [WARNING] class LoggedStatement(underlying : Statement) extends Statement
> with DBLog {
> [WARNING] ^
> [WARNING]
> /home/software/liftweb/lift-mapper/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/mapper/LoggingStatementWrappers.scala:267:
> error: class LoggedPreparedStatement needs to be abstract, since method
> setNClob in trait PreparedStatement of type (Int,java.io.Reader)Unit is not
> defined
> [WARNING] class LoggedPreparedStatement (stmt : String, underlying :
> PreparedStatement) extends LoggedStatement(underlying) with
> PreparedStatement {
> [WARNING] ^
>
>
> Derek
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:29 PM, David Pollak <
> feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The issue (and I may be overthinking this) is that we need 1.5 class
>>> libraries to compile against if we want to be able to verify that the code
>>> compiles under 1.5. If I, say, delete my JDK 5 install and decide to
>>> reinstall it down the road, it's not going to be available without a
>>> purchased license.
>>>
>>
>> I can stash away a bunch of different copies of the JDK and give them to
>> you when you need them.
>>
>> A 32 bit Linux JDK 1.5 should be enough to at least do smoke test builds
>> with.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Derek
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:33 PM, David Pollak <
>>> feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Derek Chen-Becker <
>>>> dchenbec...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My main concern is that after October 30, Java 5 costs money (I'm
>>>>> guessing not a trivial amount, either). I can get the JDK right now, but
>>>>> if
>>>>> some bug in the Java libraries pops up that would prevent things from
>>>>> working, I don't know how we'll work around that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't see the condition under which that could happen. When we
>>>> compile against Java 1.5, we are simply defining the contract between our
>>>> classes and the library classes. None of the library "seeps" into our code
>>>> (this is not true of Scala traits). So, as long as the running library has
>>>> the classes/methods that we are calling, we're fine. Compiling against 1.5
>>>> simply means that we have fewer calls that we can make. If there is an
>>>> issue in 1.5 that a user is experiencing, that is the user's issue, not
>>>> ours. If the code compiles (and runs tests) against 1.5 and does not
>>>> generate the particular issue that the user is seeing under 1.6, then that
>>>> use has to contact Sun, not us.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Derek
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:29 PM, David Pollak <
>>>>> feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Derek Chen-Becker <
>>>>>> dchenbec...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was just about to work on issue #67 (build breaks on Java 5), but
>>>>>>> when I went to get a Java 5 JDK to compile/test with, Sun says that
>>>>>>> it's EOL
>>>>>>> as of October 30, 2009. I don't have a problem fixing things to work
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> Java 5, but I don't want to do work that's going to be tossed out in a
>>>>>>> month.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lift will be JDK 1.5 compatible for at least 1 year (and probably
>>>>>> longer). LinkedIn and SAP are both 1.5 shops. There are tons of other
>>>>>> Bay
>>>>>> Area companies (Wells Fargo, Kaiser, etc.) that are also 1.5 shops. For
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> next 2-3 years, OS X 10.5 will be common and 10.5 + old MacBooks == 1.5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It will not be lost work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Derek
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
>>>>>> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
>>>>>> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
>>>>>> Surf the harmonics
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
>>>> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
>>>> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
>>>> Surf the harmonics
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
>> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
>> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
>> Surf the harmonics
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>
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