[brailleblaster] Re: Replying to recent discussions

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:00:51 -0500

Hi Vic,

The new build.ml will be in the next push. Thanks for testing.

John

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 01:42:03PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> Using this build.xml file I have compiled on 1.7 and ran on 1.6 and compiled
> on 1.6 and ran on 1.7. In 1.7 I get the bootstrap error but in 1.6 I don't
> get it. I think this should be fine.
> 
> 
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> 
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:15 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Replying to recent discussions
> 
> Oops, forgot the attachment.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Vic Beckley
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:17 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Replying to recent discussions
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I compiled on my 32-bit XP Pro VM with Java JDK 1.7.0 and got the following
> error:
> 
> C:\bb>ant
> Buildfile: C:\bb\build.xml
> init:
> compile:
> [javac] Compiling 6 source files to C:\bb\classes
> [javac]
> [javac]           WARNING
> [javac]
> [javac] The -source switch defaults to 1.7 in JDK 1.7.
> [javac] If you specify -target 1.5 you now must also specify -source 1.5.
> [javac] Ant will implicitly add -source 1.5 for you.  Please change your
> build file.
> [javac] warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction
> with-source 1.5
> [javac] 1 warning
> dist:
> [jar] Building jar: C:\bb\dist\brailleblaster.jar
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
> Total time: 9 seconds
> 
> This ran on 1.7 but would not run on 1.6. Maybe I will try recompiling since
> the error stated that Ant would add it to the build.xml file. Better yet,
> maybe I should wait for you to fix it and try it again.
> 
> 
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> 
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:51 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Replying to recent discussions
> 
> Regarding the build.xml: Could someone confirm that my understanding is all
> correct and that you could build with a newer JDK and run on any JVM after
> Java5 (eg. you could build using JDK7 and run on Java5, Java6 or Java7).
> Also John, may be you want to reflect this in the docs.
> 
> Michael Whapples
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: John J. Boyer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:29 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Replying to recent discussions
> 
> Now when I run BrailleBlaster on Windows I don't get any errors. The
> folders are there. This may be a problem that some users will encounter.
> 
> Thanks Michael, for the revised build.xml file. It is in the latest
> push.
> 
> Vic, I'll fix the new bug you found. You are certainly an eager beaver
> tester.
> 
> Freelists has gotten the idea that some of the pushes contain viruses.
> Fortunately, the last one went through.
> 
> John
> 
> -- 
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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