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Michael Osipov commented on MCOMPILER-335:
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[~rfscholte], we have to drop the value for consistency.
# It is not our task to dictate the Java source/target version. We will never
make it up to all users
# We don't set a default on project source encoding and build output encoding.
Why should we do here?
All we can do is to issue a warning.This is what we do if a plugin version is
not set. This is consistency throughout.
> Update default source/target
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> Key: MCOMPILER-335
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-335
> Project: Maven Compiler Plugin
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 3.7.0
> Reporter: Fred Bricon
> Priority: Major
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> default source/target have been set to 1.5 in 2010 (MCOMPILER-80). I think
> it's about time to update the default.
> 1.8 would be my preference, as 9 /10 would probably be a tad too ambitious.
> But, since Maven requires at least Java 1.7 to run, 1.7 is probably the
> safest option.
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