Which version of dumbster is being used? I specifically got a 1.3 version deployed to ibiblio to help us test this.
On 9/2/05, Henning P. Schmiedehausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dion Gillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >I'd much rather we build the release with jdk 1.3. > > >There are 1.4 specific methods, e.g. in StringBuffer that mean that > >code compiled on 1.4 wont necessarily run on 1.3 > > I thought that the -source and -target switches of javac were intended > to deal with these problems. Were they not? > > Anyway, I just tried the 1.3.1 JDK. The jar builds, the tests fail due > to the fact that dumbster is compiled for 1.4 and my toolchain for > rebuilding that (ant and everything) simply does not run on 1.3.1 any > longer. So if anyone has a 1.3 compiled dumbster.jar for me, I'll try > again. > > The 1.3.1 built jar passes the tests when running the test cases under > the 1.4.2 runtime. You can get this jar from > people.apache.org/~henning/commons-email-1.0-rc7.jar for > testing. Personally I'd consider this "good enough". > > As a side note: 1.3 is in EOL process at Sun. At what point do we > consider compatibility to 1.3 no longer necessary? > > Regards > Henning > > > >On 9/2/05, Henning P. Schmiedehausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> >c) The jar file is built on JDK1.4. Is that your target JDK version? If > >> >your target is lower, then compiling using JDK1.4 can cause issues when > >> >running with earlier versions. This discussion has occurred before in > >> >the archives. The chances are that in a component like this, you won't > >> >be affected, but the risk is present. This point is -0. > >> > >> It is built with (in project.properties): > >> > >> maven.compile.source=1.3 > >> maven.compile.target=1.3 > >> > >> so that shouldn't be a problem IMHO. (Eric and I did our tests on the > >> 1.4.2 runtime, though). Thanks for pointing this out, if you advise to > >> build the release using the 1.3.1 JDK, I will consider looking into > >> this. > >> > >> Regards > >> Henning > >> -- > >> Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > >> > >> RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > >> Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > >> > >> 4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > >-- > >http://www.multitask.com.au/people/dion/ > >"You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your > >reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live." - George > >Bernard Shaw > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > > 4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://www.multitask.com.au/people/dion/ "You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live." - George Bernard Shaw --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
