Apache Maven Compiler Plugin Version 3.8.0 Released

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The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Compiler Plugin, version 3.8.0.

The Compiler Plugin is used to compile the sources of your project.

Important Notes since Version 3.8.0

The default value for source/target has been lifted from 1.5 to 1.6 see MCOMPILER-335.

You should specify the version in your project’s plugin configuration:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>

Bugs:

MCOMPILER-311 – NPE when —patch-module is used
MCOMPILER-321 – Problematic Java 9 modules are silently ignored
MCOMPILER-332 – Java 10 not supported
MCOMPILER-338 – Build Issue based on MCOMPILER-192 IT
MCOMPILER-342 – Unsupported class file major version 55
MCOMPILER-343 – Tests fail to compile in modularized project due to wrong module descriptor path being passed to plexus-java

Improvements:

MCOMPILER-313 – Support mrjar dependency with module descriptor only in META-INF/versions/x
MCOMPILER-323 – Support multi-release jars
MCOMPILER-335 – Update default source/target from 1.5 to 1.6
MCOMPILER-341 – Compile module-info.java files located in test sources

Tasks:

MCOMPILER-336 – Dependency that should be on modulepath sometime put on classpath
MCOMPILER-344 – Deprecate flag
MCOMPILER-350 – Add GitHub Documentation

Dependency upgrades:

Enjoy,

-The Apache Maven team