2014/1/25 Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> > wrote: > > On 2013-12-30, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > > > >> Compress 1.x is at Java5, personally I don't think Java6 would give us > >> any benefits. I don't know about the other improvements in NIO2 but the > >> java.nio.file package looks useful for compress. > > > > In the meantime it has been pointed out to me that Android doesn't > > support NIO2. I can imagine Android apps using Compress so this looks > > like a good reason to hold back requiring Java7. > > > > Stefan > > > > It's already possible to use most Java 7 language level features and > compile to Android (https://github.com/yareally/Java7-on-Android). It > would also possible to reimplement the needed classes (which is only > SeekableByteChannel?) in nio2 using some kind of wrapper on top of > Android's java.nio. > > We could still use Java 7 / nio2 and then make a plan for Android releases. >
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