On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 1:47 AM, Scott Palmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > There may also be a desire to use newer JDK features for the development > of NetBeans itself, or NetBeans modules. What if some new JDK tooling > (e.g. the upcoming jpackager that hopefully makes it into JDK 12) requires > that the corresponding NetBeans module that supports it can compile against > that version of the JDK? > That's my point: what you describe above will never happen AFAIK. For example, features are right now in Apache NetBeans for working with Jigsaw, JShell, and JLink, which are all part of JDK 9. However, none of the NetBeans modules that provide support to NetBeans IDE for these features are required to compile against JDK 9, in fact, building on JDK 8 is required. The modules providing support for these JDK features do not themselves need to be built on the JDK that provides them. So, I'd rather see a concrete rather than a hypothetical case (i.e., "What if some bla bla bla") of why NetBeans itself would need to be built on a JDK other than JDK 8. Gj > > Scott > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
