Regarding --release, javac.target, and javac.source type things are the sorts of things touched on in
NETBEANS-5349 Update Netbeans Codebase to Account for deprecated/removed API in Java 11/15 As part of this I've started linking tickets that I believe are related to deprecated/removal APIs as they become more prevalent going forward (Java 11/15). Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:52 AM Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 at 15:24, Matthias Bläsing > <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu> wrote: > > I like the general idea. Using release where possible should give us a > > higher ensurance not to create unusable builds. > ... > > I also think requiring JDK 9+ to compile NetBeans (effectively meaning > > 11) is ok at this point in time. > > I'm not sure we should or need to conflate those things? I'm not sure > we should drop compiling on JDK 8, at least for now. Yes, use Ant's > normal compiler task behaviours of setting release where it's > supported. > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
