[Engine-devel] java 1.6 compatibility no more?

[Juan Hernandez]

On 07/18/2012 06:33 PM, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
> In fact, for both backend and frontend, Maven effective POM contains:
> 
> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
> <configuration>
>   <source>1.6</source>
>   <target>1.6</target>
> </configuration>
> 
> Therefore, according to Maven POM files, oVirt should be build-able using Java 6, but it's not. (?)

These maven settings just tell the java compiler to accept Java 6 syntax
only and to generate a Java 6 compatible .class file format, but they
don't restrict the set of APIs that can be used.

> The problem is in backend/manager/modules/bll: StorageDomainCommandBase class uses new Java 7 Long.compare() static method.
> 
> I think we should decide if we want to be compliant with Java 7, or submit a patch that uses Java 6 API (Long.compareTo instance method).
> 
> Vojtech
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laszlo Hornyak" <lhornyak at redhat.com>
> To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> Cc: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:43:34 PM
> Subject: java 1.6 compatibility no more?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It may be a historic moment, but for a few hours oVirt engine is no longer building on java 1.6.
> Is this intentional?
> 
> Laszlo
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