[MARCHETYPES-81] generate maven.compiler.target 8 instead of 1.8

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Assignee: Herve Boutemy
• Reporter: Herve Boutemy
• Created: 07/Jan/24 08:43
• Updated: 14/Jan/24 18:01
• Resolved: 14/Jan/24 17:06

Description

target bytecode is configured as 1.x because it is an habit from old times with JDK 1.4

since JDK 5, javac supports 5 as an alias for 1.5: this is the same for 6, 7 and 8

and since 9, only 9 exists, not even 1.9

configuring 8 instead of 1.8 gives better habit for nowadays

Issue Links

• relates to: MPOM-449 Remove the leading "1." from source/target properties
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #27