Each Maven distribution has various built-in defaults, you can see the defaults
for 3.2.1 here:
https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/maven-3.2.1/maven-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/default-bindings.xml
The compiler plugin is explicitly set to 2.5.1 unless you override the version
in your pom.xml (I believe this is for stability reasons)
On 25 Jun 2014, at 19:19, John Glass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is anyone else experiencing this?
> I'm wondering maybe it's some dependency of one of the other standard plugins.
> With Maven 3.1.1 I get the same dependency (2.5.1), while with Maven 3.0.5 I
> get an older version (2.3.2)
>
> On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:45 PM, John Glass
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> No settings.xml in M2_HOME, global settings as per installation default
> (which is empty).
> I have just reinstalled it and I get the same behavior.
>
> Maven 3.2.1 on Windows 7.
>
> Of course the effective pom shows 2.5.1 usage.
> mvn help:effective-pom
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:36 PM, Ron Wheeler
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Somehow your project is overriding Maven's desire to use 3.1.
> settings.xml?
>
> Ron
>
>
> On 25/06/2014 1:19 PM, John Glass wrote:
>> There is no parent pom referenced from my project's.
>> Here's my POM:
>>
>> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
>> http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
>> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
>>
>> <groupId>mygroup</groupId>
>> <artifactId>myartifact</artifactId>
>> <version>0.0.1</version>
>> <packaging>jar</packaging>
>>
>> </project>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:09 PM, Ron Wheeler
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Are you sure that you are not overriding the version in your parent
>> POM's dependency management section?
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On 25/06/2014 12:48 PM, John Glass wrote:
>>> I'm using maven 3.2.1 and when I run maven with -X I notice that
>> version 2.5.1 of the compiler plugin is used:
>>>
>>>> [DEBUG] Goal:
>> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile
>> (default-compile)
>>> However, if I run
>>>
>>> mvn help:describe -Dplugin=compiler
>>>
>>> I get:
>>>
>>> Name: Maven Compiler Plugin
>>> Description: The Compiler Plugin is used to compile the sources of
>> yourproject.
>>> Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins
>>> Artifact Id: maven-compiler-plugin
>>> Version: 3.1
>>> Goal Prefix: compiler
>>>
>>> What is the rationale for Maven using 2.5.1?
>>>
>>> John
>>
>>>
>>
>>
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