I'm also chiming in on this one. To download the JDK 5 version is no longer possible on the Sun website, EOL. Ubuntu as of 9.10 won't ship with JDK 5 any longer. As you can tell, this will create an issue.
On Oct 1, 7:00 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote: > Because it's possible to write code that compiles with Java 1.6 but > not with Java 1.5 (even with the -source option), and because of some > obscure issues of compatibility and availability of Java 1.5 between > desktop operating systems, the Android source code can currently only > be compiled with Java 1.5 as a matter of policy. > > There's an ongoing effort to allow both Java 1.5 and Java 1.6 > toolchains, which should end up being visible in a future release. > > JBQ > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:36 PM, f c <fredc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Quick question. Is there any reason why we should not use Java SDK 1.6 > > for building Android SDK 1.6? > > -- > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google. > > Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private > will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further > warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
