Hi,
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allon Mureinik" <[email protected]> > To: "engine-devel" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 3:03:21 PM > Subject: [Engine-devel] Revisiting Java7 > > Hi guys, > > Earlier today, Java6 compatibility was broken > (http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/9430/). > This was picked up on pretty quickly, and easily fixed > (http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/9666/). > > However, I think this is a good opportunity to revisit our policy > towards Java 7. > Currently, we have an "odd" setup, where we recommend running a > compiling /with/ Java 7 [1] but comply to Java 6 language level [2] > and JDK [3]. > Inevitably, mistakes like the that happened today will happen. > > I know we're holding back due to GWT issues, but looking forward to > oVirt 4.0, is Java 7 on our roadmap? Last time I checked the latest checkstyle, it did not work with java 7 syntax unfortunately... Theoretically checkstyle already supports java 7, probably they only forgot about the maven plugin. I think this is blocking the way from using java 7 in the code that we do not share with GWT. > > -Allon > > > [1] http://wiki.ovirt.org/Building_oVirt_engine#Installing_OpenJDK > [2] maven-compiler-plugin section in ${OVIRT_GIT}/pom.xml > [3] http://jenkins.ovirt.org/job/ovirt_engine_animal_sniffer_check/ > > P.S. > If you want to check that you aren't breaking Java/JDK 6 > compatibility locally without installing java 6, you can run "mvn > animal-sniffer:check". Note that animal sniffer analyzes binaries, > so this has to be done /after/ the project was built. Of course, you > can do this in a single line "mvn install animal-sniffer:check" Nice :) > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel
