On 30 June 2011 08:25, Peter <j...@zeus.net.au> wrote: > The qa suite needs to be considered separately from the main build. It > currently requires jdk1.6, there are other tests using sun internal > implementations that depend on jdk 1.6. > > With source=1.4 or jsr14 it didn't matter, it still had to be compiled with > 1.6, we bundled it into the main build in recent times, it used to have it's > own separate make build. > > If we use source=5, target=5 we need to check it compiles and runs on java 6, > even if it doesn't compile on 5. > > My preference: > > Compile on jdk 1.6, test on java 5 and 6, some tests will fail on 5. > > Java is bytecode backward compatible, but not necessarily source backward > compatible. > > Forget deleting tests, this is just a distraction and side effect of using a > very large build while trying to support a number of platforms.
+1 > > +1 release current artifacts. > > This is the best release so far with a number of fixes, lets get it out there. > +1 > We can deal with this issue given proper time to consider alternatives to sun > internal implementations, eg DI, mocking? > > File a jira, lets release, fix the qa platform compile issue later. > > Peter.
