Re: [tycho-user] tycho compiler plugin does not yield an error when inco

["Oberlies, Tobias" <tobias.oberlies@xxxxxxx>]

If javac is not able to compile the source/target configuration, I would have expected a build failure. Please open a bug report [1] with a minimal, standalone project to reproduce the problem. 

Thanks
Tobias

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/query.cgi?format=specific;product=Tycho

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tycho-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tycho-user-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Rüegg
> Sent: Freitag, 6. Juli 2012 14:36
> To: Tycho user list
> Subject: [tycho-user] tycho compiler plugin does not yield an error when
> incompatible source and target versions are used
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I recently wanted to migrate my Eclipse plug-in to Java v1.7 to use its
> new language features. Unfortunately, I did not notice in the first
> palce that I cannot write code in v1.7 and expect it can be run with a
> JRE v1.6 or below because of binary incompatibilities. Unfortunately,
> the Tycho compiler plug-in did not yield an error for the following:
> 
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
>    <artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
>    <version>0.15</version>
>    <configuration>
>       <source>1.7</source>
>       <target>1.6</target>
>    </configuration>
> </plugin>
> 
> If I run javac manually with -source 1.7 and target 1.6, it yields the
> following error:
> 
> javac: source release 1.7 requires target release 1.7
> 
> Why does the tycho compiler plug-in not emit the same error?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
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