[MPOM-207] Upgrade maven-compiler-plugin to version 3.8.1

• Type: Dependency upgrade
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: MAVEN-33, ASF-21
• Fix Version/s: ASF-22
• Component/s: maven
• Assignee: Karl Heinz Marbaise
• Reporter: Karl Heinz Marbaise
• Created: 27/Aug/18 19:47
• Updated: 09/Nov/19 14:01
• Resolved: 09/Nov/19 13:56

Description

Release Notes - Maven Compiler Plugin - Version 3.8.0

 Bug

• 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

Improvement

• 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

Task

• MCOMPILER-336 - Dependency that should be on modulepath sometime put on classpath
• MCOMPILER-344 - Deprecate <optimize> flag
• MCOMPILER-350 - Add GitHub Documentation

Dependency upgrade

• MCOMPILER-324 - Upgrade parent to 31
• MCOMPILER-351 - Upgrade maven-plugins parent to version 32
• MCOMPILER-352 - Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 3.2.1
• MCOMPILER-353 - Upgrade plexus-compiler to 2.8.4