Ubuntu has stopped allowing Java 6 updates, Java 7?

[deadscion]

As a late comer to your amazing API Ubuntu does not allow any more  Java 6 upgrades due to security issues and I am stuck at java version "1.6.0_24". Is it possible you will be upgrading to Java 7 in the future?

Else I will not be able to mod using Forge.

Thanks

[pantheis]

Is there something stopping you from using Java 7? My server and client, both running Forge and other various mods, works great with Oracle Java 7.

 

I have the Java 7 SDK installed and use it with the Forge source to code my own addons and that also works fine.

[LexManos]

Java 6 applications will run perfectly fine on Java 7

I actually use Java 7 for all of my development, and just build releases for Java 6 to give maximum compatibility with users.

So... there is no issue here...

[OvermindDL1]

I still use java6 so I have had no need to, but how do you tell java7 to only build for java6 compatibility I am curious?

[LexManos]

-source 1.6 -target 1.6

[OvermindDL1]

-source 1.6 -target 1.6

Is that auto added by any MCP, Forge, or Eclipse workspace things?  And if not, why not?

[LexManos]

https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/master/forge/conf/mcp.cfg#L153

[OvermindDL1]

Ah beautiful, that was not there when last I had an issue with java7 compilation.  Very cool.  Deadscion should already be taken care of then. 

[LexManos]

He was asking for us to compile for java 7.

Which is stupid, cuz that would cause us to loose support for like 50% of people.

[OvermindDL1]

He was asking for us to compile for java 7.

Which is stupid, cuz that would cause us to loose support for like 50% of people.

I know him, he did not word it correctly, he meant 'modding', not playing.