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redstun commented on MCOMPILER-80: ---------------------------------- IMHO, for this, Ant is doing the right thing, the warning is actually also what Maven needs to have, to allow the user use the platform default source/target levels, but warn the user that it's always necessary to specify the expected source/target levels. Maven, as a tool/library, should warn the user to explicitly set source/target levels, instead of doing it FOR the user, because whatever it does for the user, will always be wrong in a different context. Another point is that, the user is responsible for which version of Java (and the source/target levels) to use. The Java version, as part of the platform information, should always be reported by the user, not decided by Maven to have a reproducible build. Thanks > Change default source level to 1.5 > ---------------------------------- > > Key: MCOMPILER-80 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCOMPILER-80 > Project: Maven 2.x Compiler Plugin > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Grzegorz Borkowski > Priority: Minor > > Deafult source level setting for Maven compiler plugin is 1.3, as far as I > remember. This makes no sense. 1.3 is used at this moment only in legacy > applications. Probability of porting such legacy application to Maven 2 is > very small. I was working with such applications - none of them used Maven. > In fact, I don't know any application using Maven, which requires level 1.3. > On the other hand, Maven is used exensively in new applications. Most of them > use Java 5 features (annotations, generics...). All new applications I create > use Maven 2 and Java 5. Every time I setup such application it makes me crazy > that I get errors on my generics and annoations, and I have to setup manually > the source level to 1.5. Come on, we have year 2008, not 2000! Java 5 is here > for several years already. So why Maven compiler plugin does not use the most > reasonable default approach, instead it still assumes we are in 2000 year? If > someone wants to use old java version, than he can change the source level. > By default should be 1.5. > The default setting can be changed in never wersion of maven compiler plugin. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira