[kepler-dev] Java 7 and ant 1.8.2

[Daniel Crawl]

Hi Ben,

Yes, I'd like to require Java 7 for current development and the
next release.

If I create any more patches for Kepler 2.4, they will work with
Java 6.

   --dan

On 7/11/14 10:16 AM, Benjamin Leinfelder wrote:
> 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 <danielcrawl at gmail.com> 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
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