Re: Default Java version for jar file in Debian
On 08/24/2016 10:18 AM, Ioan Eugen Stan wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I don't think that is possible since you can't build Java 8 code to
> target a lower JVM. You probably could if you used only those API's, but
> I believe you can't make that kind of assumption for all libraries.
certainly not all java libs are 1.5 compatible indeed, this would
suppose that they only use quite old Java core API.
But why 1.5 ? we should target , when possible (if not depends on JDK
>= 1.8), the minimal Java version available in Debian (1.7 ?).
Olivier
>
> I think this link might be more helpfull:
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> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8-compatibility-guide-2156366.html
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> Disclaymer: I hope I understood your question right. I'm a developer,
> and don't know a lot of internals related to packaging and policies
> around Java on Debian.
>
>
> On 24.08.2016 08:59, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> [CC me please]
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Could someone please confirm that all jar files should be compiled
>> with source and target version number set to 1.5 ?
>>
>> I am starring at the following:
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>> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/gdcm.git/commit/?id=673e34b58867471a90e2fd70b30d442ecd16f505
>>
>> and I believe the value should be set to 1.5 for all archs
>>
>> Right ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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