OK, I'll bump it up to Java 7. Gary
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:47 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 August 2015 at 17:58, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The POM sets the source version to Java 1.5 but the code does not compile > > on Java 1.5. > > > > I say we just move the req to java 7 or 8 and move on. > > I would be OK with Java 7 as a minimum. > > I realise that I normally argue for the minimum Java version, but BCEL > is different from most of the other Commons components. > > It is likely to be mainly used in Maven or stand-alone applications, > and it seems likely that any usage will be on a host that can readily > be upgraded to at least Java 7. > > This is not the case for many of the other Commons components which > are likely to be deeply embedded in large complex systems where Java > upgrades are much harder to test and implement. > > > Gary > > > > -- > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > > <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
