The split verifier should improve cli performance once core and most
plugins are on -target 1.6

Any committer is free to call a vote to up the minimum to 1.7 if they want
to.

>From a build tool perspective there are some advantages in 1.6 as a
baseline (compiler api, scripting api, split verifier for faster initial
classloading, etc).

>From a non build tool perspective, String.isEmpty() is rather paltry though!

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013, Christian Schulte wrote:

> Am 07/24/13 04:00, schrieb jieryn:
> >
> > Move forward or die. If you are stuck on 1.5, you can continue to use
> > a full stack that is already supported. I am so sick of hearing people
> > complain that they will be broken if a JDK migration to a newer
> > version is undertaken. No, you are not broken, you simply can not
> > upgrade. There is a huge difference between being broken and not
> > having an upgrade path.
>
> Upgrade to Java 7 because you make use of the new APIs Java 7 introduces
> or stay with Java 5. Java 6 does not introduce anything interesting to
> Maven core. Java 7 does.
>
> > This form of anti-migration argument has less value than a "without
> > any requirement" argument for not migrating.
>
> I do not argue against migrating. I do argue against migrating without
> any reason.
>
> Since this is a vote thread:
>
> +1000 (non-binding) as long as someone explains why there is any need to
> change '-target 1.5' to '-target 1.6'. Seriously. I don't get it. You
> are really just changing the class file version and nothing else without
> any reason. I would like to know the reasioning. Nothing more.
>
> --
> Christan
>
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