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

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