Just to clarify, it's Oracle's JDK 1.7 that is EOL. IBM still supports their Java 6 and 7 level JDKs.
Moving to a 1.7 default is still ok I think. However, if we think that most people will still need to configure 1.8 (or 1.9 soon) I don't see the point of doing this as it does introduce a level of incompatibility for those still using Java 6 or earlier. The default could then stay at 1.5. /Anders On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Karl Heinz Marbaise <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > -1 to 1.8 > +1 to 1.7 > > so we already jump over 1.6 as default which is absolutely ok... > > Kind regards > Karl Heinz Marbaise > On 11/6/15 10:17 PM, Christopher wrote: > >> +1 to at least 1.7 >> >> However, since 1.7 is EOL, I do think it also makes sense to default >> to 1.8, since it's the earliest version still getting public security >> updates, and therefore it's reasonable that most people should be >> using that version if possible. It's a trivial matter to configure the >> plugin for an earlier version if the software needs to be built to >> support a system that's not updated. These systems can (and probably >> already are) using older versions of this plugin anyway, so changing >> the default in newer versions isn't likely to affect them. >> >> But, at the very least, 1.7 is a big +1, incremental improvement to the >> default. >> >> -- >> Christopher L Tubbs II >> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> +1 for 1.7. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Attila-Mihály Balázs <[email protected] >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Given that we're almost in 2015, what do people think about updating the >>>> default source / target for maven-compiler-plugin to 1.8? (And also on >>>> the >>>> site: >>>> >>>> https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html >>>> ). >>>> >>>> If there is interest, I'm happy to submit a patch! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Attila Balazs (Grey Panther) >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
