On 12/19/2015 01:46 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Kay Schenk wrote: >> For some reason, given Oliver's desire and urging to change to >> Java 7 in >> Windows back in August of 2013, I was under the impression that >> since that >> time, at least the Windows version was built with Java 1.7. > > I've re-read the discussion at > http://markmail.org/message/4ieda3xpnoz3ec3h (the Markmail archive > is incomplete, but this specific thread is readable) and it seems we > discussed for 3 months but that this didn't end in a specific > decision. For sure we still support Java 6; I'm not sure about Java > 5, but that is quite irrelevant nowadays. > >> This topic has indeed been discussed in the past. Can you >> refresh our >> memories on what you mean by "safest"? > > "Safest" in terms of user compatibility. There are mixed opinions in > that discussion, but Oliver's first message clearly states that, > when built with Java 7, OpenOffice does not recognize Java 6 as a > valid runtime; I don't know if it is a detection problem or a real > problem. > > Regards, > Andrea.
Ok, and thanks for following up. On the last remark, we should investigate this further along with the Mac Java detection issues (needing Java 6 to do ANY detection). As a side note, although we still have the Java "-source" and "-target" flags in places, these options are deprecated as of Java 1.6. -- -------------------------------------------- MzK “I appreciate failure. Failure means that an attempt was made, and a lesson can be learned. As long as we’re alive after the effort, there is a chance for success the next time around.” -- George Tekai, "Oh Myyy!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org