@Chris: -release 1.8 (kind of target=source=1.8 but java 9 has the signatures of java 8 to ensure it will run on java 8 and avoid the issues like "i built with java 8 with source=target=1.7 but it doesnt run on java 7")
Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://twitter.com/rmannibucau> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.metawerx.net/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance> 2018-04-26 17:28 GMT+02:00 Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net >: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Coty, > > On 4/25/18 2:51 PM, Coty Sutherland wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> > > wrote: > >> On 25/04/18 18:07, Coty Sutherland wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> There was a problem discovered on Ubuntu where they're building > >>> Tomcat 9 with Java 9, but users are using it with Java 8. That > >>> is causing issues because of changes made in Java 9. One of the > >>> Ubuntu folks is poking around with a patch and has some details > >>> about the issue here https://pastebin.com/EnVh7K8v. We will > >>> probably open a bugzilla to see if anyone is open to addressing > >>> them in tomcat, > >> > >> I'm not in favour of that patch. > > > > Given the amount of changes I'm not either, I mentioned it because > > I told the person working on it I would just in case someone was > > interested. I think the responsibility of maintaining those sorts > > of problems should fall on that on the distro's maintainer. Fedora > > is fine for me (I build with Java 8), but apparently Ubuntu is > > building with Java 10 and will switch to 11 at some point, which is > > causing the problem. > > > >> > >>> but while thinking about the problem I noted that our supported > >>> java versions table on > >>> http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html doesn't explicitly > >>> say that by 'supported' we mean the tomcat binary we provide > >>> will run on that java version. I don't think that we claim that > >>> you can build with any version and run on any version anywhere, > >>> right? > >> > >> Correct. > > > > Thanks for confirming. > > > >> BUILDING.txt states that Tomcat 9 should be built with Java 8. > >> > >>> Is anyone opposed to adding a statement to that effect on the > >>> page? > >> > >> I think something along those lines would be fine. Something to > >> the effect of if you build from source with a higher version of > >> Java than the minimum then it might not work on Java versions > >> below the version you build with. But worded more clearly. > > > > OK, I'll look at adding some verbiage around that. > > Dumb question, I haven't tried Java 9 yet: can't you just set "-target > 1.8" on the compiler and still build with Java 9? > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEMmKgYcQvxMe7tcJcHPApP6U8pFgFAlrh8AwACgkQHPApP6U8 > pFjMaQ/8Dc/3cQmckkgYeCmrlliNQV59GvHI4tmueMTM+Rd/OKYQZpiD48GTD09U > zMMbTsc9oqmzS+FcDeYMyeZcx7W97oH+uiaTAiyM6LKbbEiz0KHITLsnMw1ujAMw > 9q0V1pz4uaS3vBKRZtJRg5AEGYCzAT+lLzmZWhY26WlTppeISTmd/jCqK37v8OAq > 98nCd6vVno8lJIRoSPbNLorPIi+iS8OoVQl5uQrdylb0ueXZiv0eI7BL5DgZoKQC > 9xhYCcGPGj/CdHAym6koBpCMLn4l3hc8m/rvdY238FDcDLrzSdHyNSkslXqzG8iD > L+iJt+Go2wn7Pe+n3/+LpN4i5yIv5JMSqW3W0iUKGqz6yJblRNxpSiD0iS0h3zOc > zBnzYtYvOV+dMW339OZHxwZZd+TlFN9XeXq81a4orfEbH4AwZEJqKzRGiRCMW3jP > X4O8iGF68TgQHDbOkMTkzBjLsgof7bmk5r2uYcndGlhoOLDdL0KszXxNVTQPKFwc > ImMs3UVBmqdb4JI+7tzK/j0LyQmjmjPmWq0z/xzpJTTxzDfRfsr1mhcWygL7bv+d > 7jGwye77ZZQBjAOjU53z9By+JEfDZtizAz5/7FjlSdNWAygXNZIZiGs+XbVyUmTL > N4l/6vTHOHCBLV8xHnRWPtwyEw0VmBFzExpn+GnwLfkKmmRHEMY= > =lUtG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
