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Is it OK to build Hudson plugins for Java SE 7? [message #1708656]

Fri, 18 September 2015 12:54

Kaz Nishimura

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It is getting harder these days to build Java programs for Java SE 6 as it is phasing out. Even with the -source 1.6 and -target 1.6 options, it is not completely compatible to Java SE 6 unless Java SE 6 runtime is specified as the boot class path for Java SE 7 (or later) javac or compiled by Java SE 6 javac itself.

So is it now OK to build Hudson plugins for Java SE 7, then? In other words, how long should plugins support Java SE 6?

Kaz Nishimura

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Re: Is it OK to build Hudson plugins for Java SE 7? [message #1708673 is a reply to message #1708656]

Fri, 18 September 2015 14:39

Winston Prakash

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JDK 6 is not officially supported any more, it has security holes. That is the reason we mandated JDK 7 for Hudson 3.3.0. So it make sense to use JDK 7+ in new plugins meant for 3.3.0 and above.

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Re: Is it OK to build Hudson plugins for Java SE 7? [message #1708677 is a reply to message #1708673]

Fri, 18 September 2015 15:23

Kaz Nishimura

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How about new versions of existing plugins?

Winston Prakash wrote on Fri, 18 September 2015 23:39

JDK 6 is not officially supported any more, it has security holes. That is the reason we mandated JDK 7 for Hudson 3.3.0. So it make sense to use JDK 7+ in new plugins meant for 3.3.0 and above.

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Re: Is it OK to build Hudson plugins for Java SE 7? [message #1708679 is a reply to message #1708677]

Fri, 18 September 2015 16:08

Winston Prakash

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It depends on which version of Hudson you want to release it. As you can see here

http://hudson-ci.org/PluginCentral/

we have different update center for 2.x, 3.x, 3.2.x & 3.3.x. If you are releasing the plugin for 3.3.x then you can use JDK 7.x

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Re: Is it OK to build Hudson plugins for Java SE 7? [message #1708682 is a reply to message #1708679]

Fri, 18 September 2015 16:32

Kaz Nishimura

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As i already wrote, I have a problem in building Maven projects using Java SE 6 on Hudson 3.3.0. Do I need Hudson 3.2.x to build projects using Java SE 6?

Winston Prakash wrote on Sat, 19 September 2015 01:08

It depends on which version of Hudson you want to release it. As you can see here

http://hudson-ci.org/PluginCentral/

we have different update center for 2.x, 3.x, 3.2.x & 3.3.x. If you are releasing the plugin for 3.3.x then you can use JDK 7.x

Kaz Nishimura

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