Can it be compiled for Java 5 please about config

[viktorklang]

Java 1.5 is EOL

[rorygibson]

Yes - but that doesn't mean that aren't people still forced to deliver against it.
If there are no Java 1.6 - specific features of the codebase, why make it 1.6-only and prevent a segment of the community from using the software?

[viktorklang]

For cost reasons we only support current versions of Java, for our customers we can definitely consider EOL supported releases. Please don't hesitate to contact [email protected] if this is something you'd be interested in.

[havocp]

It doesn't compile with Java 1.5 at the moment; there are almost 200 instances of using @Override to override an interface method. If those were removed, I think there would be a bunch of warnings with 1.6. There may then be other problems with 1.5 that show up after fixing the initial batch of compile problems. The main issue here though is that it'd have to be regularly tested vs. JDK 1.5 (just building with -target 1.5 isn't enough since it doesn't find uses of methods or classes that don't exist in 1.5, it's necessary to build with the actual 1.5 JDK). So that's the extra work necessary to support 1.5, it isn't just a matter of adding the 1.5 build option or making a one-time source patch.

[havocp]

Supporting 1.5 does look fairly hard, so I don't think I'm likely to get to this. Java 6 is also EOL at this point, but will continue to build with it for a while.