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Re: [p2-dev] Continue with the down compilation?

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> From: "Pascal Rapicault" <pascal.rapicault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: p2-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:12:55 PM
> Subject: [p2-dev] Continue with the down compilation?
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> p2 code makes uses of the compiler flag jsr14 to down compile java 5
> annotations to java 1.4 compatible bytecode, given that java 1.4
> life has ended, I’m wondering if this is still necessary.

I would say that not only it's not needed but it is simply not working for people using Java 7. See http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7078419 and the resolution - "Resolution: Not an Issue". 
Currently it is plain broken when used with Java 7 and one has to target 1.5 for it.


Alexander Kurtakov
Red Hat Eclipse team

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