On 4/28/15 11:25 PM, Branko Čibej wrote: > Subject says it all. Two reasons: > > * Java 5 has been officially dead since 2009 > * 1.9 JavaHL uses Java6 APIs > > It's possible to cross-compile for Java5 using newer JDKs, but the > compiler only checks language features, not library usage; for the > latter, you actually need Java5 classes available. I've not been able to > find a J5SE download that doesn't require creating an account with Oracle. > > Alternatively, I'd be happy to keep the compatibility guarantee, but > someone would have to make the Java 5 bootstrap classes available on a > buildbot and use them for the JavaHL build and tests so that we can > actually verify compatibility.
Just require Java 6. Java 7 is almost at the end of support. I doubt there's very many people trying to use JavaHL with Java 5 and if there are it's still a very small group. Not worth the effort in my opinion.
