Another (better) answer to Sam's point a and b
a) Now Buildbot runs with JDK 1.7 and all releases support it after closing https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4749
b) Only JDK 1.7 is used by Buildbot see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-4785
Jacques
From: "Jacques Le Roux" <jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com>
>I think it's time to *think* about it (ie turn to jdk 7). I don't mean to change things,
simply think about them, prepare them...
>
> Maybe more?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jacques
>
> From: "Paul Foxworthy" <paul@cohsoft.com.au>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Oracle 7 is based on OpenJDK 7, so it might work.
>>
>> Since Sam's message, OFBIZ-4638 has been committed which will help.
>> OFBIZ-3993 and OFBIZ-4749 are unresolved, but these issues have a patch or a
>> suggestion for resolution. So I think there has been progress.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Paul Foxworthy
>>
>>
>> Jacques Le Roux wrote
>>>
>>> Actually I was more interested about running under Oracle 7 because of EOL
>>> of Java SE 6 in July 2012
>>>
>>> Also for Sam's question:
>>> a) no
>>> b) nope I guess
>>>
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "Hans Bakker" <mailinglist@>
>>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>
>>>> Trunk is compiling fine with openjdk 7?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Hans
>>>>
>>>> On 04/23/2012 01:27 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>>> Post Easter bump...
>>>>> Nobody interested? Until when? Maybe wait slim-down end?
>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> *From:* Sam Hamilton <mailto:sam@>
>>>>> *To:* dev@.apache <mailto:dev@.apache>
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:13 AM
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: JDK SE 6 EOL
>>>>>
>>>>> Post Christmas Bump….
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 Dec 2011, at 12:19, Sam Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to bring up for discussion how we plan to handle
the
>>>>>> EOL of Java SE 6 in July 2012 [1]?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far my local testing shows that you can't build OFBiz using
>>>>>> JDK 7 and with only a few months left before we have to all have
>>>>>> upgrade (unless you fancy nasty security holes in your deployment
>>>>>> - Ubuntu are pulling their JDK 6 packages very soon [2] ) I
>>>>>> think we need some sort of plan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a couple of questions that perhaps someone might be able
>>>>>> to answer:
>>>>>> a) Does the changes to support Java 7 need back porting to the
>>>>>> older releases of OFBiz as bug fixes?
>>>>>> b) Can we setup buildbot with both Java 6 & 7 so that a branch
>>>>>> could be established to get the bug fixes started?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am sure there is a lot more to think about!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
>>>>>> [2] -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-December/001528.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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