On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 23:25 +0000, Niall Pemberton wrote:
> On 2/10/06, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 2/10/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2/10/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On 2/10/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I just added "Compile-Source-JDK"  and "Compile-Target-JDK" attributes
> > > to
> > > > > the validator jar's manifest file (the manifest spec says unknown
> > > attributes
> > > > > are ignored) to show the setting of  maven's "maven.compile.source"
> > > and
> > > > > "maven.compile.target" attributes which the jar was created with.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=376748&view=rev
> > > > >
> > > > > I think its a good idea to give people "comfort" over the JDK version
> > > used
> > > > > to build a release. If no-one objects I will modify the rest of the
> > > commons
> > > > > components to do the same.
> > > >
> > > > Sounds like a good idea. Hopefully everyone follows the spec and
> > > > doesn't have a tizzy when things turn up in the manifest :)
> > > >
> > > > So the term 'Compile-Source-JDK' is just something you've made up
> > > > right?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > > There's no standard out there?
> > >
> > > Don't know of any.
> >
> >
> > The only convention I have seen is for "non-standard" headers to be prefixed
> > with "X-" to emphasize the fact that they are made-up things (and also to
> > avoid any possibility of a clash with a later standardized name).  So,
> > perhaps using "X-Compile-Source-JDK" an "X-Compile-Target-JDK" might be
> > better.
> 
> OK thanks for the tip. I'll leave it a while longer to see if anyone
> else raises any issues, otherwise I'll do as you suggest.

sounds like a good idea :)

any chance of adding a few words to the release documentation?

- robert


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