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Gili edited comment on MJAVADOC-562 at 1/4/19 3:15 AM:
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I dropped mention of adding support for *\-source* because *--release* implies
*\-source* plus a bootclasspath. This is supposed to be the correct way to do
it moving forward.
was (Author: cowwoc):
I dropped mention of adding support for **-source** because **--release**
implies **-source** plus a bootclasspath. This is supposed to be the correct
way to do it moving forward.
> Ability to pass --release to Javadoc tool
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> Key: MJAVADOC-562
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-562
> Project: Maven Javadoc Plugin
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: jar, javadoc
> Affects Versions: 3.1.0
> Reporter: Gili
> Priority: Major
>
> Users of the {{maven-compiler-plugin}} are able to build in one compiler
> version while targeting an older version. We need the same ability for this
> plugin.
> Justification: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212233
> Workaround: Build the project using the same JDK version as the project is
> targetting.
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