lib/build.xml: Add comment why we use java6 target/source

11 years ago · 530a3fcd2e
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/lib/build.xml
+++ b/lib/build.xml
@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
				@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@

  <target name="transdroid.jar" depends="check-android-exists" >
    <mkdir dir="build/" />
+    <!-- We create java6 bytecode here, because Android build tools <
+         19.0.0 seem to be unable to handle java7 bytecode and the
+         f-droid buildserver does use a version < 19.0.0. In the
+         future the 'source' and 'target' attributes may be removed
+         from the the javac element. -->
    <javac
 	srcdir="src/"
 	destdir="build/"