[MNG-7851] Error message when modelVersion is 4.0 is confusing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.9.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.5, 4.0.0-alpha-8, 4.0.0
• Component/s: Core
• Assignee: Guillaume Nodet
• Reporter: Craig
• Created: 24/Jul/23 01:28
• Updated: 20/Oct/23 07:57
• Resolved: 29/Aug/23 11:33

Description

When a pom with modelVersion 4.0 is referenced, such as this one:

<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>foo</groupId>
  <artifactId>bar</artifactId>
  <version>0.1</version>
</project>

The error message is:
'modelVersion' of '4.0' is newer than the versions supported by this version of Maven: [4.0.0]. Building this project requires a newer version of Maven.
 
That's misleading.

A better error message would be:
'modelVersion' must be one of [4.0.0] but is '4.0'.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1210
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1219