From: Rony G. Flatscher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [dev] Java 1.5 now minimal requirement ? (Re: [dev] RFC: java > 1.5 > > > Stephan Bergmann wrote: > > Kay Ramme - Sun Germany - Hamburg wrote: > >> Hi Rony, > >> > >> I did start the discussions regarding Java version, OpenJDK, baseline > >> etc. on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry for not announcing it here. Reason for > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] is, that all stakeholders from the last agreement > >> originally were on that alias. > > > > Still, I would consider it an error if current OOo versions built for > > widespread distribution (e.g., Sun Hamburg built DEV300 m23) are built > > in a way that they do not work with at least Java 1.3.1 at runtime. > This could be achieved by compiling with the "-source" and "-target" > switches in effect which allow for creating the class files such, that > they can be loaded in earlier releases (like in Java 1.3).
That flags only specify the binary class version IMHO, it does not ensure any API compatability --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
