On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:44 AM, nicolas de loof <nico...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi, > just an suggestion for a potential fix to > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCOMPILER-80 > > as maven 2.0.9 fixes the plugin version in super POM, we can consider that > - if maven 2.0.9 + is detected - any version of maven compiler > 2.0.2 (the > one set in super-pom) has been set by the user. In such case, a 2.0.3 > version of the plugin cannot be there because of the LATEST rule and can > break full backward compatility (according this is well documented in the > release note and plugin documentation). > > So my idea would be to (pseudo-code) : > > if ( mavenSession.getVersion() > 2.0.9 && source == null) > { > source = 1.5; > } > if ( mavenSession.getVersion() > 2.0.9 && target == null) > { > target = 1.5; > } > -1, more complication than needed. > > For the same reason compiler 2.0.4 could default to 1.6 and so on. > There are lots of votes, change it and mark it loudly in the release notes. > > What's your opinion ? > > Nicolas >
