Which SDK?

Hi All,

I browse over to the Sun Java site this morning looking to download a SDK to compile nightly builds.

I get there and discover that Sun has 4 different SDKs available and I am not sure which one "we use here".

The best contender appears to be here - http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp - Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6 (11.Dec.06)

Sorry if this is a noob question.

Thanks!

That's the one I use

Ok - cool.

Time to start playing with it.

Time to get mo' smarter.

Did get it running.

Ant *IS* a pain in the ass. :

But it compiled just fine with 13 warnings about Sun proprietary bogosity blah-blah words......

Only 13 now? Last time I compiled I got twenty some. Well ant should no longer be a pain in the @$$ since you got it to work this time. I've found that it's a pain the first time, but after that just type ant, and wait.

Raven434 said:

I get there and discover that Sun has 4 different SDKs available and I am not sure which one "we use here".

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We use Java SE. The exact version is up to the individual, but as long as it's Java 1.4 or later, everything should work correctly.

For release and pre-release testing purposes, I use Java 1.4.1 (currently deprecated) in order to make sure things are compatible with the Mac OS X 10.2 family. Veracity uses Java 1.4.2 because that's what Apple provides to the Mac OS X 10.3 family. For general development, I use Java 1.5 because I don't like seeing warnings about Sun proprietary code being deprecated. Most everyone else probably uses 1.6 because it's up-to-date.

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Only 13 now? Last time I compiled I got twenty some. Well ant should no longer be a pain in the @$$ since you got it to work this time. I've found that it's a pain the first time, but after that just type ant, and wait.
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Hahahahaha - yes - works like a champ. Take 18 whole seconds to build the .jar.

;D

Thanks for the clarification too, Hola!

for building the daily builds that I post, I use 1.6 to compile them.

[quote author=holatuwol link=topic=993.msg4965#msg4965 date=1182887508]
Veracity uses Java 1.4.2 because that's what Apple provides to the Mac OS X 10.3 family.[/quote]

Since my 5-year-old laptop (800 Mhz Powerbook G4) is literally falling apart, I have a new one on order. It will come with 10.4 - and 10.5 is coming soon and I expect I'll upgrade as soon as it's released.

So, I'll be using a more modern version of Java soon, I expect.