Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-12 Thread Stephen Connolly
Well, as long as plugins declare support for Maven [2.0,2.2) strictly speaking we should be building those on Java 1.4 If the plugin declares support for Maven [2.2,3.2) then we need to ensure Java 1.5 support. If a plugin declares that it requires Maven 3.2 then we are only needing to ensure

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-12 Thread Chris Graham
Um, yes, me! :-) Seriously we are still stuck on Java 1.5/WAS 6.1/COBOL for at least another year. Until we move to java 6 (or 7) depending on what oracle will support. -Chris, representing 0.0001% :-) Sent from my iPhone On 12/11/2013, at 4:41 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-12 Thread Stephen Connolly
Well it's not like Maven [,3.2) is critically broken... so you'll just have to live with that toolchain... anyways, toolchains support should resolve issues down to 1.5 at least (or older if you can live with older versions of surefire plugin) On 12 November 2013 11:02, Chris Graham

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-12 Thread Lennart Jörelid
Hm.. While WAS 6.1 is still certainly still an IBM-supported version, I can certainly feel your JDK version pain there, Chris. Just out of curiosity - would you claim that the motives for staying on such an old application server version would be motivated more by economy than technology? Or are

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-12 Thread Chris Graham
The client in question is using Oracle's CCB (Customer Care and Billing) their package for power companies. So moving is not a trivial decision, as Oracle have to say if they are prepared to support the specific combination we have. AIX level, WAS version, JDK version etc. The joys of commercial

Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-11 Thread Benson Margulies
http://maven.apache.org/developers/release/maven-project-release-procedure.html says so. I don't know where I'm going to get that environment. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands,

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-11 Thread John Patrick
i guess it's the only way to definitely ensure backwards compatibility open potential solution would be to use vagrant, I use it to ensure developers as using the same base build setup and the files can be source controlled On 11 November 2013 22:39, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-11 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
Isnt the question: is there still someone needing j5? Almost all apache projects and others moved to j6 at least Le 11 nov. 2013 23:53, John Patrick nhoj.patr...@gmail.com a écrit : i guess it's the only way to definitely ensure backwards compatibility open potential solution would be to use

Re: Do releases _really_ need to be built with Java 1.5?

2013-11-11 Thread Dawid Weiss
I don't know where I'm going to get that environment. Everything is still accessible in Oracle Java Archive: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/archive-139210.html Dawid - To unsubscribe, e-mail: