[Engine-devel] Revisiting Java7

[Allon Mureinik]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim at redhat.com>
> To: "Allon Mureinik" <amureini at redhat.com>
> Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> 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.)
> 
> >
> > -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"
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