Hello Jochen, could not a new major update of the compiler plugin change the default? My guess is we would not break much anyway as the majority of projects already needs to manage source and target explicitly.
Regards Mirko -- Sent from my mobile Am 07.11.2015 16:15 schrieb "Jochen Wiedmann" <jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Attila-Mihály Balázs <dify....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Given that we're almost in 2015, what do people think about updating the > > default source / target for maven-compiler-plugin to 1.8? (And also on > the > > site: > > > https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/examples/set-compiler-source-and-target.html > ). > > > > If there is interest, I'm happy to submit a patch! > > Whatever year we now have: What you propose is a *incompatible > change*, and we don't do that. Or, to quite Linus Torvalds: > > WE DO NOT BREAK USERSPACE! > > Jochen > > > -- > The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" > > > http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
