Bug#288619: Shouldn't 1.5 provide 1.4 and 1.4 provide 1.3?

[Jerry Haltom]

Well, 1.4 code, using the 'enum' word, is compatible with the 1.5
compiler. I believe it issues warnings unless the proper --source level
or something is set.

On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 11:12 +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
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> Jerry Haltom <jhaltom@feedbackplusinc.com> wrote: 
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> > Package: java-package
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> > Shouldn't the Java 1.5 packages be made to provide the 1.4 packages,
> > etc. To provide 1.5 means it obeys the 1.5 spec, which means it is
> > compatible with 1.4. All the way back to 1.3, etc.
> 
> I'm not sure it's true. I think of the 'enum' problem and I'm sure there
> are others.
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