On 05.11.2013, at 09:35, Jörn Kottmann <kottm...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are on Java5 currently, that makes the build for a release more and more > inconvenient because you have to install > a Java5 VM to get it done.
It is not necessary to have a Java5 VM to do a release for Java 5. Just set the source and target versions in the compile plugin and you are fine. I don't have a Java 5 VM since quite some time, but still do releases (e.g. uimaFIT) targeting Java 5. However, there is a risk that non-Java 5 API is being used without being noticed (e.g. new IOException(Throwable)). This can be caught by setting up a corresponding Jenkins job or eventually by users after a release, which then may require a bug-fix release. -- Richard
