More of an oversight than anything. The version of the compiler plugin is controlled from the maven-core project and no one updated it before the 3.2.1 release. Or the 3.2.2 release for that matter. I think there have a been a couple issues so it hasn't been updated.
I created a JIRA issue to track it: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5656 On Jun 25, 2014, at 12:48 PM, John Glass <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using maven 3.2.1 and when I run maven with -X I notice that version > 2.5.1 of the compiler plugin is used: > >> [DEBUG] Goal: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile >> (default-compile) > > However, if I run > > mvn help:describe -Dplugin=compiler > > I get: > > Name: Maven Compiler Plugin > Description: The Compiler Plugin is used to compile the sources of > yourproject. > Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins > Artifact Id: maven-compiler-plugin > Version: 3.1 > Goal Prefix: compiler > > What is the rationale for Maven using 2.5.1? > > John Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl http://twitter.com/takari_io ---------------------------------------------------------
