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ASF GitHub Bot commented on MCOMPILER-529:
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Bukama commented on PR #245:
URL:
https://github.com/apache/maven-compiler-plugin/pull/245#issuecomment-2645480924
Sorry, totally missed the notification about your comment :/
> It's possible to set .release property not only for Java 9+ but also do or
Java 8. Plugin will skip passing this parameter to compiler for Java 8
As this information is already written in the example of the release
property, I added a link at the start of the page (similar to [M3 and M4 guides
about multi module / multi
subproject](https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-multiple-subprojects-4.html))
to use this property if plugin version is 3.13.0 or higher (this version is
noticed on the release property page), as it's the preferred option anyway
nowadays.
We can also think about (in a separate issues/PR) to merge both examples /
"remove" from the menu to point users more directly to using the release
property.
> Improve the docs about usage 1.8 vs. 8 for source/target
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>
> Key: MCOMPILER-529
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-529
> Project: Maven Compiler Plugin
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 3.10.1
> Reporter: Karl Heinz Marbaise
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: up-for-grabs
>
> The current descriptions/docs only mentioned the usage of {{1.8}} for
> source/target. But it looks like I can use also {{8}} instead. But all the
> examples on the usage page etc. using {{1.8}}... even the error message tells
> me to do:
> {{code}}
> use -source 8 ...
> {{code}}
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