I got one of those emails as well....what is the class that the question is over?
"Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mario Ivankovits wrote: > > Steve Cohen wrote: > > > >> > >> The thread Robert refers to has the subject > >> > >> "Re: Does Apache have agreement to use other open source code outside > >> of Apache?" > > > > Has this something to do with an email from IBM in the last few days > > asking me if I am really was the creator of my contributions? > > Not that I made any mistake (I guess this was a mail to all commons-net > > developers), but I was a little bit irritated. > > Hmm. Sounds like it. Although I got no such email myself, I only saw > it on the PMC Mailing List. > > > > >> Which is just as well. Because I have another issue. I don't > >> understand the maven.compile.target property. Working from the net > >> 1.4.0 tag, I change only project.properties to set > >> maven.compile.target back to 1.2. Since there are a few places in > >> 1.4.0 that depend on jdk 1.4, my expectation was that changing the > >> project properties would cause the compile to break on those places. > >> But it did not. It compiled successfully. > > > > The jdk1.4 compiler creates a class file suitable to run under an > > earlier JVM, this works as long as you do not use any new api. Then > > you'll get the NoSuchMethod Exception. > > Of course, we did use new APIs, so for the purpose I had in mind, this > property is useless. > > > This is the reason why we should use the least possible compiler and not > > only the target attribute. You didnt notice if you use any new api call > > at compile time. > > I'll have to dig out a 1.3.1 compiler then. I don't even think 1.2.x is > available anymore. > > > > > > > --- > > Mario > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
