On 14 November 2013 03:32, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > On 12/09/2013 Kay Schenk wrote: > > > >> Did we reach a consensus on this one? > >> Wait until 4.1 to "officially" change java build environment to 7? > >> Buildbots are still at 6, although I know some of us are using 7 for > >> building with no problems. > >> > > > > We didn't reach consensus, the reason being (rather than disagreement) > > that it's unclear: > > - what the proposal is about exactly > > - what's broken in the current setup > > - what's the impact on people who wish to build OpenOffice > > - what's the impact on people who wish to use OpenOffice > > > > Now, after yet another discussion where we explain Java to each other, we > > can take for granted that we all know about it and move on and see what > the > > proposal is about in concrete, so that is can be evaluated properly and > > maybe implemented in time for 4.1. > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > OK, I'm back on this old thread. The thing is the security considerations > do not just apply to Windows. I suggest we switch to java 7 as default and > change the settings for "javacompiler" in configure.in appropriately to > deal with this. > > Although by default, I build with java 7, I will make this change locally > and see what happens. >
+1, so we use java 7 for development, but the final installation still runs with both java 6 and java 7. rgds jan I. > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, > Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” > -- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax >
