Perhaps this could be in the gump definition of a project? Peter
On 3/23/06, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter Reilly wrote: > > #1 would not be backwardly compatible ! > > > > I am not too sure about #2. In the ant build > > file we had to deal with this issue for a while, > > it may be as well to get other project 1.5 aware. > > Also new projects would have to set things so > > that 1.5 (and higher) would work. > > > > Telling people to say "you must declare a java version" is no big deal; > its easily done. But there are a lot of projects out there that built > happily, and which now dont because gump upgraded. > > Furthermore, what if we can't upgrade them all? There are old projects > out there that havent had a change for 12+ months, but which still work. > Its only that they dont compile on java1.5. > > if we the properties ant._internal._javac.source and > ant._internal._javac.target that set the defaults for javac, then you > can also use them on the command line to build anything 'legacy', > without touching the build file. > > > -steve > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
