[COMMONSSITE-69] Commons parent uses maven.compile.[source|target] rather than maven.compiler.[source|target]

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebb
• Created: 20/Mar/12 16:35
• Updated: 07/Oct/13 12:46
• Resolved: 18/Jun/13 15:21

Description

Commons parent uses the property name maven.compile.[source|target] rather than maven.compiler.[source|target] as used by the Maven Compiler plugin itself [1]

This is a bit confusing.

Consider whether this should be changed to agree with the standard Maven property name.

Or indeed to change it to use a commons-specific property name.

This would mean that components would have to rename the property in their POM when they updated to the new commons parent POM.

If the parent pom is changed to use the standard Maven names, then it could be simplified by removing the <source> and <target> configuration elements (but this should not be considered a good reason to change the name, only a minor benefit if we do).

[1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html#source