Big +1! On Wed, 15 Mar 2023, 15:17 Jorge Solórzano, <jor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Maven Devs, > > I want to bring up the discussion about the default encoding used in > Maven, specifically Maven 4.0+ (since it's still in alpha it could be > done for that release or possibly wait another decade), we are in > 2023, and we still get an encoding warning[1] that should be handled > manually by users, and I think there is general consensus that UTF-8 > is the clear winner as the default encoding for the Java platform, the > JEP 400[2] is already delivered in Java 18, so the Maven project > should also revisit this default setting and change it from the > platform encoding to UTF-8 by default. > > Specifically, I'm talking about avoiding including > <project.build.sourceEncoding>[3] and > <project.reporting.outputEncoding>[4] on every project, and possibly > if the POM Model Version 5.0.0[5] is included with Maven 4.x, and > default to UTF-8 [6]. > > Doing a quick search in GitHub, there are a lot of projects that > explicitly set UTF-8 by default[7], probably more than any other > encoding, and projects that require a different encoding could still > set this property in the project. > > Regards, > > [1] https://maven.apache.org/general.html#encoding-warning > [2] https://openjdk.org/jeps/400 > [3] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/POM+Element+for+Source+File+Encoding > [4] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVENOLD/Reporting+Encoding+Configuration > [5] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/POM+Model+Version+5.0.0 > [6] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-2216 > [7] > https://github.com/search?l=Maven+POM&q=%22%3Cproject.build.sourceEncoding%3EUTF-8%3C%2Fproject.build.sourceEncoding%3E%22+language%3A%22Maven+POM%22&type=code > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
