We have updated the minimum required execution environment to Java 1.6 for all Mylyn bundles in master as discussed on this bug:
383907: change minimum required JRE to 1.6 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=383907 With the next weekly build Mylyn bundles will no longer load on Java 1.5. Steffen On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Alvaro Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: > The following Bug is now opened to capture the discussion. > > 383907: Consider moving minimum required JRE to 1.6 > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=383907 > > > /Alvaro > > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Steffen Pingel < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Starting with Eclipse 4.2 the platform now also requires 1.6. Since >> Mylyn isn't targeted at running on embedded devices where availability >> of newer JDKs could be an issue I'm +1 for moving everything up to 1.6 >> which has been out for a long time. >> >> Thanks for bringing that up. Can you file a bug to capture the discussion? >> >> Steffen >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Alvaro Sanchez <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > Most of Mylyn components are designed to run using JRE 1.5 or later, >> > however there are few limitations starting to show up e.g. The Mylyn >> Gerrit >> > connector runs on 1.6 and later, and R4E faces some limitations with an >> > Orbit bundle [1]. >> > >> > Since J2SE reached end of life in 2008, >> > Are there any concerns on moving the minimum required JRE version to >> 1.6 ? >> > >> > /Alvaro >> > >> > >> > [1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=362370 >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > mylyn-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mylyn-dev >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Steffen Pingel >> Senior Software Developer, Eclipse Mylyn >> Mylyn Tasks Lead >> http://tasktop.com >> _______________________________________________ >> mylyn-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mylyn-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > mylyn-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mylyn-dev > > -- Steffen Pingel Principal Software Engineer, Eclipse Mylyn Mylyn Tasks Lead http://tasktop.com
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