Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
> 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.
I see that the list is indeed empty. So should we remove this requirement?
- Rajiv
>
>>
>>> 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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