[rvm-core] Required Java version for building the RVM; Annotation processing

Hi,

the user guide currently mentions that one needs a Java-5-compatible JVM 
to build the RVM (see http://www.jikesrvm.org/Building+the+RVM , Tool 
Requirements). However, the target "mmtk-harness" uses a source level of 
1.6 . Should the build assume a Java 5 environment or a Java 6 environment?

I am asking because I plan to change the annotation processing during 
the build. Currently the annotation processing is done with apt. apt is 
deprecated since Java 7 and will probably be removed in Java 8. It is 
replaced by the javax.annotation.* packages but these are only available 
from Java 6 onward.


Kind regards,

Erik Brangs