1.4 it is then. I cba to deal with duplicated build logic in my old age :)

So a pom change, update to latest junit then regenerate dist.

Hen

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Duh - ignore that.
>
> Just noticed that ParserTestCase is an abstract class...
>
> I used "mvn ant:ant" to create the build file so I could test with 1.3
> and the generated file did not exclude ParserTestCase.
>
> When it is excluded, the tests complete OK.
>
> Perhaps there is a case for renaming that class ;-)
>
> More seriously, if a release targets 1.3, it should include some way
> of building and testing the code using 1.3.
>
> On 10/03/2009, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> That would certainly help with testing...
>>
>>  I tried removing the test case with the Java 1.4 class, and the test
>>  still fails on Java 1.3.1_20 (Win/XP).
>>
>>  The failure is
>>
>>  Cannot instantiate test case: testSimpleShort
>>  (java.lang.InstantiationException:
>>  org.apache.commons.cli.ParserTestCase
>>     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
>>     at junit.framework.TestSuite.createTest(TestSuite.java:131)
>>     at junit.framework.TestSuite.addTestMethod(TestSuite.java:114)
>>     at junit.framework.TestSuite.<init>(TestSuite.java:75)
>>
>>  This appears to be caused by the setUp() method which creates an
>>  Options() instance and adds 3 options to it. If the code is changed to
>>  add only 2 options, the failure does not occur, but of course some of
>>  the tests fail. Odder yet, adding another option allows setUp() to
>>  work, but still some tests fail.
>>
>>  Looks like Java 1.3.1_20 or JUnit 3.8.1 or the combination is broken.
>>
>>  Is it worth trying to support 1.3 now?
>>
>>
>>  On 10/03/2009, Gary Gregory <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote:
>>  > Why not change the Java req. to Java 1.4 for CLI 1.2? (Hides from flying 
>> tomatoes.)
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >  Gary
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >  -----Original Message-----
>>  >  From: sebb [mailto:seb...@gmail.com]
>>  >  Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:45 AM
>>  >
>>  > To: Commons Developers List
>>  >  Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Commons CLI 1.2 (RC5)
>>  >
>>  >  -1
>>  >
>>  >  Will not build on Java 1.3 as java.sql.ParameterMetaData is @since 1.4.
>>  >
>>  >  So at least the Java source version in the POM needs changing.
>>  >  I've not yet tried testing on Java 1.3 after building on 1.4
>>  >
>>  >  Also the site does not appear to mention the minimum Java requirements 
>> anywhere.
>>  >
>>  >  BTW, if it is decided to move to Java 1.4 as a minimum, JUnit should
>>  >  be updated to 3.8.2.
>>  >
>>  >  On 10/03/2009, Gary Gregory <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote:
>>  >  > +1
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  Builds and tests on Sun Java 1.6.0_12 on Windows XP SP3.
>>  >  >
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  Gary
>>  >  >
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  -----Original Message-----
>>  >  >  From: Henri Yandell [mailto:flame...@gmail.com]
>>  >  >  Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:41 PM
>>  >  >  To: Commons Developers List
>>  >  >  Subject: [VOTE] Release Commons CLI 1.2 (RC5)
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  One more shot :)
>>  >  >
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  Tag:
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/cli/tags/cli-1.2-RC5
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  Site remains unchanged:
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  http://people.apache.org/~bayard/cli-1.2-rc1
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  Binaries:
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  
>> http://people.apache.org/builds/commons/cli/1.2/RC5/staged/commons-cli/commons-cli/1.2/
>>  >  >
>>  >  >  [ ] +1 release it
>>  >  >  [ ] +0 go ahead I don't care
>>  >  >  [ ] -1 no, do not release it because
>>  >  >
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