From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKFtH-0004zJ-Lo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:39 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 88B8AE0394; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E85E0394 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D54A066D8F for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.338 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.338 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.261, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bjVU5CoWRUlK for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (smtp03.tky.fi [82.130.63.73]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A104E67241 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.130.46.209] ([82.130.46.209]) by smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2008071920062720777 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:06:27 +0300 Message-ID: <48821F13.1080302@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:06:27 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080629) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Re: Re: Deprecating JDK 1.4 References: <4879D262.1080903@gentoo.org> <487DE651.5050609@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEA6919F24C0E2C5A93BA5840" X-Archives-Salt: c72142e0-7293-4327-853b-81a8bdb4a272 X-Archives-Hash: 65d32760eb572fdf93e714817c5c9b11 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEA6919F24C0E2C5A93BA5840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable J=C3=B6rg Schaible kirjoitti: > >> Also like I said - more and more things require 1.5, which means that = all >> things depending on them also need to be >=3D 1.5. For example: new he= ssian >> requires >=3D 1.5, which means that mx4j needs also to be switched to = 1.5, >> which means we have to switch anything depending on mx4j, and so on. >=20 > So, and where can I define then my minimum supported JDK version > (setting -source and -target)? Can I define that my system should be JD= K > 1.3 compatible - at least for all packages that support this (e.g. > commons-logging)? Will packages like mx4j slotted to have the last JDK = 1.4 > compatible and the JDK 5 compatible version? ... No, I know. However, I= > still have to provide JDK 1.3 (or at least 1.4) compatible software. An= d > this does not simply mean to compile code, it also means to run it! >=20 > This will more or less lead to the situation, where I have to drop the > complete Gentoo Java packages (except the JDK's themselves) and install= > everything else myself using the binaries. >=20 > - J=C3=B6rg >=20 There is no pressing need to start building 1.5 bytecode as long as an=20 application compiles with 1.4 but if an application uses 1.5 features we = will not be backporting the code to work with 1.4 which would be=20 required for you to be able to run applications with 1.4. If you want to = maintain such ebuilds we can give you access to an overlay where you can = keep 1.4 compatible ebuilds around. The Java team doesn't have that much = man power and it's better used towards other things than keeping 1.4=20 functional with our hundreds of packages. Regards, Petteri --------------enigEA6919F24C0E2C5A93BA5840 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiCHxYACgkQcxLzpIGCsLRQ7wCghpvPjLuWztIpGQxYoF+rjL5m jo0AnA4wWMeu2NBIVFl727iSrXs5Lln+ =X+nQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEA6919F24C0E2C5A93BA5840-- -- gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org mailing list