Leaving aside questions of compatibility, Java 7 as compiler default would be a poor choice. After all, that would require JRE 7 as a standard for running Maven, or using one of the Eclipse compilers. Otherwise, that would be unsupported by the compiler.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > wrote: > +1 > > On 28/11/2012 1:36 PM, Mark Derricutt wrote: > >> Now that Oracle are controlling Java on OSX we can no longer "blame >> Apple" - I'd love to see the default become Java 7 now. >> >> And if one needs to lock down to the older versions, lock them down. >> >> >> On 29/11/2012, at 7:07 AM, Curtis Rueden <ctrue...@wisc.edu> wrote: >> >> Good to know that Maven is now only 8 years behind. >>>> >>> I blame Apple. >>> >> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@maven.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- The best argument for celibacy is that the clergy will sooner or later become extinct.