To clarify one point: If you unpack 0.8 and try to run it on Java 1.6, it fails. If you build 0.9-dev, it works. There's no concept of 'requiring Java 6' in the conversation.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:07 PM, David Crossley <cross...@apache.org> wrote: > Benson Margulies wrote: >> Hello forrest dev: >> >> Java 1.5 is somewhat scarce on MacOSX and recent ubuntu. Is there any >> way I could help push out a release of the trunk, ... > > Thanks so much Benson. I don't have much time > but will try to help. > > Some quick response notes: > > * Yes please do help. > > * There has been some discussion about what needs > to be finalised. Some people have made individual > spurts of progress. As Forrest is moving slowly, please > see further back in archives. Some things were partially > dealt with and may need follow through. > > * Review issue tracker. > http://forrest.apache.org/issues.html#filters > The main filter is "FOR-roadmap-dev". > > * Review some outstanding patches. It would be > a shame not to include some more contributions > and we need to encourage our contributors. > > The review will encourage our committers to > apply it. Speaking for myself i don't have enough > time to investigate the following suggested ones. > > Glancing through the list i reckon that FOR-1203 > and FOR-752 are the only likely candidates. > The others are either in plugins, which can be > handled at any time after the core release, > or need more work. IMO we should focus elsewhere > at this late stage. > > * I have made some progress at classifying the > licenses of our various supporting products. > We complicate things because we bundle these > products with our release. > > Next task is to ensure that we meet all of > their conditions, e.g. perhaps pass on NOTICES. > > * We have the release process at: > http://forrest.apache.org/procedures/release/How_to_release.html > > * Another useful resource is "Project tasks" > http://forrest.apache.org/tasks.html > > * I suggest that you install the "Forrestbar" > http://forrest.apache.org/tools/forrestbar.html > It is a great benefit for directed quick search/access > of our project resources. > > Thanks again for anything that you can manage > to assist with. > > ----oOo---- > >> ... which (from the >> email archive) seems to be 1.6-friendly? > > Please note that Forrest does not require Java 6. > Let us know if the following issue does not address > what you are seeing. > > I was very concerned when i searched the net to see > that people do not realise the simple workaround. > > Today i added a new FAQ: > http://forrest.apache.org/faq.html#oldjing > > -David >
