That is correct, the docs haven't been updated. Maven 3.3+ requires JDK 1.7.
/Anders (mobile) Den 18 mar 2015 09:37 skrev "Arend v. Reinersdorff" <ar...@arendvr.com>: > Hi, > > Maven 3.3.1 requires Java 1.7: > - [MNG-5780] - upgrade Java minimum version prerequisite from Java 6 to > Java 7 > - When I try to run Maven 3.3.1 with Java 1.6 I get the exception: > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: > org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 > > > But the documentation says the system requirements are still at Java 1.6: > - On the download page: http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi#Requirements > - In README.txt when downloading Maven 3.3.1: > System Requirements > ------------------- > JDK: > 1.6 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build > against 1.3 > and prior JDK's). > > I assume the requirement is really Java 1.7 but the documentation has not > been updated? > > Regards, > Arend >
