[josm-dev] Java 1.5 versus 1.6

[Steve Ratcliffe]

Hi

> The same discussion arouse an the mkgmap mailing list about a year ago.
> They decided to keep mkgmap on 1.5, as they actually didn't need any 1.6
> feature. But the used some in the splitter program and didn't hesitate
> to force the 1.6 on that.

Since then, mkgmap does now require 1.6.  This happened not long after 
Snow Leopard came out.

So far there have been no complaints at all.

During a transition period, it is still being compiled with --target=1.5
but there is a check for a 1.6 only method right at the beginning.  So 
it will start up on 1.5 but then give an error about the version 
requirement and then exit.

..Steve