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[jira] [Commented] (MCOMPILER-376) Change default source/target to 1.7 (new minimum for JDK 12)

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-376?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16904679#comment-16904679 ] 

Samael Bate commented on MCOMPILER-376:
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The JDK is moving far quicker than tooling. The compiler plugin should jump straight to Java 8 as minimum. It's been years since I've needed to work on a project that didn't use at least JDK 8 and anyone that needs older is already covered by current releases.

If the compiler plugin jumps to JDK8 as minimum for next release or 2 then jumps to JDK 11 that would be ideal. Just keep to the LTS versions.

> Change default source/target to 1.7 (new minimum for JDK 12)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MCOMPILER-376
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-376
>             Project: Maven Compiler Plugin
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Robert Scholte
>            Assignee: Robert Scholte
>            Priority: Major
>
> With the statement "It must be possible to build a Hello World application with the latest JDK +  latest Maven + minimum pom" the default value for source+target must be lifted to 1.7



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