[libvirt] [PATCH libvirt-java] Require at least Java 8
Wido den Hollander
wido at widodh.nl
Wed Sep 2 11:53:19 UTC 2015
On 02-09-15 13:11, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> On 28.08.2015 13:12, Wido den Hollander wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Wido den Hollander <wido at widodh.nl>
>> ---
>> INSTALL | 2 +-
>> build.properties | 6 +++---
>> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
>> index 581512d..2cdd829 100644
>> --- a/INSTALL
>> +++ b/INSTALL
>> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ main item you may need to change in this file is the jars.dir
>> property. This property should point to a directory which contains
>> the junit.jar and jna.jar files.
>>
>> -You will need a Java Development Kit accepting the version 1.6
>> +You will need a Java Development Kit accepting the version 1.8
>> of the language since the bindings use enums as well as the new
>> for loop syntax
>>
>> diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
>> index bcc7b8c..c7c1a43 100644
>> --- a/build.properties
>> +++ b/build.properties
>> @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
>> version=0.5.1
>> release=1
>> libvirt.required=0.9.12
>> -java.required=1.6.0
>> -java.target=1.6
>> -java.source=1.6
>> +java.required=1.8.0
>> +java.target=1.8
>> +java.source=1.8
>> rpm.topdir=/home/veillard/rpms
>> jar.dir=/usr/share/java
>>
>
> I know nothing about libvirt-java, but maybe you can be more verbose why
> this change is needed.
>
The current code doesn't compile under Java 7, but Java 7 is also EOL.
Java 8 is the way forward since there won't be any security fixes for
Java 7 anymore.
Wido
> Michal
>
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