Rajiv,
Rajiv Mordani wrote:
> Hi Kedar,
>
> Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
>> This is what we decided in the morning meeting.
>>
>> http://is.gd/jTnz
>>
>> Let me know if we are on the same page.
>>
>> Giving you a summary for convenience:
>>
>> Since by definition, Java EE 6 requires Java SE 6 runtime, it is
>> obvious that we use Java 6 for compilation. Thus, the javac used for
>> compilation of Java sources in GlassFish v3 trunk is /bin/javac (or
>> its equivalent). Now, the target for such a build is Java 6 runtime.
>> Thus, by default, i.e. if we don't specify the -target option on
>> javac, the generated classes would have a Major Version of 50.0 (which
>> corresponds to Java 6). Thus, if we did that, all the modules will
>> only create classes that can be loaded by Java 6 runtime. In order to
>> support Java 5 runtime which might be required by some of the
>> components (although their source are checked in to v3 trunk), here is
>> the decision taken:
>>
>> 1. GlassFish v3 must be run with Java 6+ runtime only. (Can someone
>> clarify if it applies to all the distro's?)
>> 2. We use javac from Java 6 for compilation. Because of that, any
>> module can declare compile-time dependencies on Java 6 classes, e.g.
>> java.io.Console.
>> 3. We use -target as 1.5 which means, by default, the major version
>> of classes generated by build would be 49. This is to take care of
>> running certain modules with Java 5 runtime.
>
> Do we know what the list of modules are that want to run with Java 5
> runtime?
No, but it is a good time to maintain a list of such modules. Please see
http://is.gd/jYI4.
Developers -- add your module to this list if you need to support Java 5
runtime. If this list is empty, we should consider removing this requirement,
so act on it, please.
>
>> 4. asadmin will detect an attempt to run GlassFish with Java 5
>> Runtime See: 7038 and will flag it as an error.
>
> If asadmin is not going to allow running GlassFish with Java 5 runtime
> what's the point of making the target 1.5? Is the expectation that some
> of these modules could be used outside of GlassFish and that in such
> cases they may not want to move to JDK 6?
Right, that's the theory.
-Kedar
>
> - Rajiv
>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kedar
>>
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