From: David P G. <gr...@us...> - 2011-08-31 18:05:00
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Erik Brangs <eri...@gm...> wrote on 08/31/2011 01:20:32 PM: > > 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. > It seems reasonable to me to start requiring Java 6 instead of Java 5 for the host JVM. Java 6 has been out for quite a while, so it seems reasonable to expect people to have it on their machines. Other opinions? --dave |