I’m using 4.7.2 with no apparent problems. I’m pretty sure that anything 4.4 or later should work. That’s 4.5 years old. I can’t imagine why someone would want to stick with such an old version of Eclipse, but it looks like it’s possible to add support for Java 8 in even older versions.[1]
Harbs [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Releases <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Releases> > On Dec 25, 2018, at 9:21 AM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like requiring Java 8 might result in a requirement to upgrade Eclipse. > I'm going to try the latest Eclipse. Speak up if you can think of a reason > we should use an older one. > > -Alex > > On 12/24/18, 12:01 AM, "Yishay Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m fine with it too. I’ve been using FB with 1.8 for a while. > > > > In my opinion, we’re not in the business of forcing anyone to do anything. > Options are a good thing. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Piotr Zarzycki <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 9:20:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Royale Java versions > > +1. We have new IDE Moonshine and VSCode. Maybe it's force people who using > still FB to finally drop that IDE to some modern one. > > Thanks, Piotr > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 8:15 AM Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Royale is currently using Google Closure Compiler from June 2017. There >> is a bug in that version and even the latest Closure Compiler that is >> blocking release-mode module loading. Google appears to be willing to fix >> the bug, so that got me started on upgrading the Closure Compiler we bundle >> to the latest release so we can quickly test out any fix for the module >> issue. Historically, when we upgrade Closure Compiler, there are changes >> we need to make in our code to get Royale to work again, and it is >> definitely true this time. However, it appears that Closure Compiler is >> now dependent on a version of Guava that requires Java 8. We currently >> allow Java 7 for Royale. Any objections to dropping Java 7? There are >> hacks to upgrade Flash Builder to run on Java 8, so that shouldn't be an >> issue. >> >> Thoughts? >> -Alex >> >> > >
