On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 09:34 -0500, Andrew Overholt wrote:
> Timothy Selivanow wrote:
> > When I start a new Java project in Eclipse, I get a warning/error down
> > at the bottom of the dialog window that says:
> >
> > "The current workspace uses a 1.4 JRE with compiler compliance level
> > 6.0. This is not recommended and either the JRE or the compiler level
> > should be changed."
>
> This is because 1.7 isn't really supported yet. Feel free to change
> your workspace compliance settings or those for that project.
>
> I'm curious, though: is it an error or a warning?
>
> Andrew
I suppose I'd classify it as a warning, as it allows you to continue
without modifying any settings.
If it is purely cosmetic (i.e. Icedtea will properly handle 5.0 and
6.0), I don't mind the message. It just may seem odd, and a bit
alarming, to someone who is new to Icedtea and Java in general (as I
am).
--Tim
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