On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Oliver Heger wrote: > Am 10.02.2011 00:48, schrieb Ralph Goers: >> >> On Feb 9, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Jörg Schaible wrote: >> >>> Hi Ralph, >>> >>> Ralph Goers wrote: >>> >>>> The latest versions of Maven require JDK 1.5. The pom (or the Commons >>>> Parent) should be specifying that the target for Commons Configuration is >>>> 1.4. I've run this build many times successfully (I use 1.6). I don't >>>> see any problem requiring the build to use Maven 2.2.x or Maven 3 and/or >>>> have a minimum JDK version for that. I would have a problem if this >>>> prevented the result from running in a JDK 1.4 VM. >>> >>> but this is what Oliver told: vfs snapshot was compiled with target 1.5, so >>> you cannot compile and run with a target 1.4. >> >> I just did an svn up on both vfs and configuration and then did a mvn clean >> install on each. Both build and run their unit tests with no problems. >> >> I believe this problem only exists when you build using JDK 1.4, which is >> also the way I read Oliver's message. >> >> Ralph >> > Yes, building on a JDK 1.4 is no more possible (builds on JDK 1.5+ work > without problems). This is a bit strange as we still target this version. I > prefer building on the target JDK because otherwise it is easy to introduce > incompatibilities, e.g. by using library classes or methods available only on > higher JDKs. > > So in any case to ensure compatibility, it would be necessary to run at least > the tests on a 1.4 runtime. How can we do this with the least effort? Can > this be done with maven or do we need an ant script? > > The generated configuration jar should still be compatible with 1.4, but if > you use classes depending on vfs, you will of course need a 1.5 runtime.
It should be possible to create a profile that excludes the unit tests that use VFS if the jdk is 1.4. If the code has already been compiled then running mvn test with maven 2.0.x and jdk 1.4 should work since it won't try to compile anything. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
