I seem to made a good Guess..Apache Harmony targets sun java 5
compliance..

Fred Grott
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On Jul 27, 6:59 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> Chih-Wei wrote:
> > Recently the build system will check if java version is 1.5, and stop
> > if the version mismatch.
>
> No, it doesn't.
>
> It probably checks for the Sun compiler, since the system requirements
> say that is required:
>
> http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r3/requirements.html
>
> But I use Sun's Java 1.6 (specifically 1.6.0_14) without issue and have
> for some months now, on Ubuntu. It is definitely not limiting you to
> Java 1.5.
>
> It may be limiting you from using non-standard JDKs -- I would guess
> that is a matter of reducing testing and support costs. So long as you
> (and perhaps other like-minded folk) are willing to take on the burden
> of testing and support for OpenJDK, there is nothing really stopping you
> from trying to use it.
>
> --
> Mark Murphy (a Commons 
> Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy
>
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