Re: [Engine-devel] Revisiting Java7

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: "Allon Mureinik" <amureini(a)redhat.com&gt; > Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org&gt; > Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 1:40:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Revisiting Java7 > > On 12/03/2012 04:03 PM, Allon Mureinik wrote: >> 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? > > what was the GWT issue? GWT 2.3 that we use doesn't support java 7 syntax. The latest version, 2.5, doesn't either. I'm not sure, however, this is a good reason to enforce the java 6 limitation on the entire project (including backed, rest, etc.)