Karl, the README.txt will force the users to prepare for Maven 3. IMHO the SUREFIRE 3.0 would completely switch to Maven 3. Then we can use prerequisites with enforcer declaring the same min version of Maven dist. We will have chance to use Java Generics instead of using java.lang.Object in public API, remove jdk-1.3 and 1.4 profiles, declare surefire|failsafe property prefixes, use JDK 6 and Java 1.6 API, and break the backwards compatibility.
The Java 6 is not maintained by the Oracle. It would be nice to see the Maven running on the top of Java 8 in the near future. I am not sure if we would have any bigger benefits from JDK 7 except for NIO and GC improvements. ----- BR, tibor17 -- View this message in context: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/VOTE-Release-Maven-Surefire-Plugin-version-2-18-Take-2-tp5812277p5812412.html Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
