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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39183 Summary: Make source attribute of javac mandatory Product: Ant Version: 1.6.5 Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Core AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Everytime Sun introduces new Java keywords - let it be "assert" in Java 1.4 or "enum" in Java 1.5 - there are zillions of Java projects stopping to compile. To address that issue Sun was that enlightened to give javac this nice "-source" command line switch. Unfortunatly it is not use that often. It is my strong believe that the transition to new Java versions would be much more pleasant, if maintainers of Java projects would be forced to explicitly express the Java dialect the project targets. To start embracing this good practice, Ant could make the source attribute of it's javac task mandatory. Surly this will put some burden on the shoulders of few project maintainers whoms projects to not compile anymore and who have to incooperate build.xml patches adding this tiny switch. But in return it takes the burden from much the larger group of users of those packages, who fiddle with the build.xml files manually. If you don't see this problem as an issue, just as a random maintainer of an OS distributing prebuilt Java packages. -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
