[LUCENE-5514] Backport Java 7 changes from trunk to Lucene 4.8

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.8
• Component/s: general/build
• Labels: Java7
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Uwe Schindler
• Reporter: Uwe Schindler
• Created: 09/Mar/14 21:54
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:02
• Resolved: 12/Mar/14 14:32

Description

This issue tracks the backporting of various issues that are related to Java 7 to 4.8.
It will also revert "build fixes" that worked around compile failures (especially stuff like Long/Integer.compare().

I will attach a patch soon (for review).

Here is the vote thread: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/lucene-dev/201403.mbox/%3C02be01cf3ae9%24e3735090%24aa59f1b0%24%40thetaphi.de%3E
Preliminary result: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/lucene-dev/201403.mbox/%3C001001cf3c45%248d2adc00%24a7809400%24%40thetaphi.de%3E