This is just testing... can't you have a java7 tests folder? you would be able to still have java7 specific tests.
On Sep 24, 2014, at 7:13 AM, Robbie Gemmell <robbie.gemm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > With Qpid 0.30 we have made the move to requiring Java 7+. Currently, > proton still allows for use of Java 6, so I wonder what peoples thoughts > are on the timing of a similar move for Proton? I'd personally like to do > it soon since Java 6 is EOL, but if not then I think we should at least > decide when we will. > > Robbie > > Background: > I committed a patch yesterday which contained some Java 7 API usage in its > tests, and subsequently broke the ASF Jenkins jobs that are still using > Java 6 (I'm using 8). Having now noticed this I updated the test to make it > compile and run on Java 6, unfortunately having to disable use of some of > the input aimed at testing the defect in question. Everything now compiles > and the test in question passes, but the overall test run is still failing > because it turns out some other new changes in recent days mean there are > now a couple of URL tests which fail on Java 6 (but work on Java 8).
