Hi, On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 10:32 AM Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've ported all my packages to be buildable with OpenJDK 17. > I have not pushed the changes to dist-git yet, but I will do it before > the end of the week. > > I wanted to share common problems I encountered and solutions I came up with. > I hope that this will help others trying to port their packages. > > Problem 1: Compiler source/target levels 1.6 are no longer supported > Solution: Bump source/target levels to 1.7 or 1.8 Just a general plea to please use 1.8 not 1.7 as a baseline - Java 7 was EOL'd 6 and a half years ago, and according to the most recent data I have that I regard as trustworthy, its usage is <0.1% and down in the statistical noise. In my opinion, we really shouldn't be enabling the use of this outdated tech, which is very likely to be deployed in all sorts of very insecure ways. Thanks, Ben _______________________________________________ java-devel mailing list -- java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to java-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
