There's an ongoing community effort to resolve that issue. JBQ
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:18 AM, mvniekerk <mvniek...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
