Akka release-2.3-dev branch no longer builds with Java 6

[Richard Bradley]

Hi,

I can no longer build the Akka release-2.3-dev branch with Java 6, due to commit https://github.com/akka/akka/commit/5b09a733aa which uses "SafeVarargs", which is a Java 7 feature.

I thought that Akka 2.3 was for Java 6+ and only Akka 2.4 would drop support for Java 6?

Shall I raise an issue, or was this deliberate?
(If this is a bug, how come this passed the CI build?)

Thanks,

Rich

[Endre Varga]

Hi Richard,

First of all, the "akka-dev" ML is discontinued, we no longer use it. Instead you can find us on gitter "akka/dev" :)

Otherwise, please note that release-2.3-dev is actually slightly misnamed, since it is actually the host of streams 1.x (2.3 development is on release-2.3). Nevertheless this is probably a bug since it should work with Java 6 too.

-Endre

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[Konrad Malawski]

Hi Rich,

looks like a bug indeed, thanks for rising it! Would you open a ticket for it as well (PR welcome too, but a quick one would be nice since we'd like to release this week :-)).

Our Jenkins is using JDK8 since the tests/samples for akka streams are using JDK8, even if akka streams "core" is not.

PS: Weird that you could post messages to this mailing list... we closed it down a while ago, ping us on gitter.im/akka/dev (which fills in the role of this mailing list now).

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Cheers,

Konrad 'ktoso’ Malawski
Akka @ Typesafe

[Richard Bradley]

> looks like a bug indeed, thanks for rising it! Would you open a ticket for it as well (PR welcome too, but a quick one would be nice since we'd like to release this week :-)).

I've created a PR at https://github.com/akka/akka/pull/18852
I didn't create an issue; let me know if one is needed.

> PS: Weird that you could post messages to this mailing list... we closed it down a while ago

I just used the Google Groups web UI.

Sorry, I didn't read the big "closed" notice at the top :-)

I'll use gitter in future.

Thanks,


Rich

[Konrad Malawski]

I've created a PR at https://github.com/akka/akka/pull/18852 
I didn't create an issue; let me know if one is needed. 

Thanks, looks good :-)

> PS: Weird that you could post messages to this mailing list... we closed it down a while ago 
I just used the Google Groups web UI. 
Sorry, I didn't read the big "closed" notice at the top :-) 

Not a big problem, but weird, we thought we locked it down ;)

I'll use gitter in future. 

See you there!

-- konrad