Re: RFC: Bump required Java version for JavaHL to 1.6

2015-04-30 Thread Branko Čibej
On 30.04.2015 15:57, Ben Reser wrote: > 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 chec

Re: RFC: Bump required Java version for JavaHL to 1.6

2015-04-30 Thread Ben Reser
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

RFC: Bump required Java version for JavaHL to 1.6

2015-04-29 Thread Branko Čibej
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.