I wouldn't think you'd want to begin anything "new" using an EOLed version of Java. I'd go with at least 7.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote: > Hi. > > Raising this issue once again. > Are we going to upgrade the requirement for the next major release? > > [ ] Java 5 > [ ] Java 6 > [ ] Java 7 > [ ] Java 8 > [ ] Java 9 > > ? > > Gilles > > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 10:34:20 +0000, sebb wrote: >> >> I've had to give up trying to get Continuum to use Git, so I set up a >> Jenkins build for Math >> >> It seems Jenkins itself needs Java 1.6+, and the JAVA_1_x_HOME >> variables don't seem to have been set up on the Jenkins hosts, so the >> -Pjava-1.5 profile does not work as is. >> >> However I found that the JAVA_1_5_HOME variable can be defined on the >> Maven command-line. >> >> This works, provided that Java 1.5 is always installed in the same >> location on different hosts. >> >> [The JAVA_1_x_HOME variables were designed get around this >> restriction, as they can be differently defined on different hosts] >> >> Hopefully the builds will be useful in detecting accidental use of >> Java 1.6+ APIs >> >> So far I have only added Commons Math itself. >> I hope to add the examples shortly. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org