[Pkg-erlang-devel] Bug#827449: Bug#827449: erlang: Be explicit about java bytecode target

[Sergei Golovan]

Hi Steve,

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Langasek
<steve.langasek at canonical.com> wrote:
> Package: erlang
> Version: 1:18.3.4+dfsg-1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu yakkety ubuntu-patch
>
> Hi Sergei,
>
> In Ubuntu, we've applied a patch to erlang to specify the java bytecode
> compatibility level to use when building.  This patch was first applied
> during the transition to openjdk6, so it's quite old, and currently we only
> support openjdk8 in testing/unstable/the Ubuntu devel series so there is
> *currently* no effect on compatibility to not use this patch.  However,
> there will be future java transitions again, so in discussion with the
> Ubuntu Java maintainers we've agreed it's useful to keep this patch instead
> of dropping it.
>
> So as the same logic seems to apply to Debian, I am forwarding the patch for
> your consideration.

I see that in Ubuntu you set the java compatibility level as 1.8. Is
there any policy requirement or docs about that. I remember that I set
it to 1.5 for some lintian warning a long time ago, and I'd like to
know if I should bump it as well.

Cheers!
-- 
Sergei Golovan