----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: Re: Ant on java 1.4
> On Thu, 16 May 2002, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would it be a problem if we set the default to "1.1", and let people > > override it if they want ? > > Yes it would - you wouldn't have a way to use no -target switch at all > and it would break backwards compatibility. till 1.4 there was an implicit "1.1" right? So fixing target to 1.1 if unspecified only makes things consistent. But maybe we need a way to say "target=unspecified" to let the compiler decide. Also, we are going to have to write a 1.4 special notes page somewhere in the docs to spell out all this fun, > The target > attribute has been in <javac> since ever, so I don't know why nobody > is using it. because, till now, it was irrelevant -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
