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title: Apache Maven Compiler Plugin Version 3.8.0 Released
id: 36e98824-b73a-46b2-b59b-19589ab1304b
date: '2018-07-29 20:50:16 -0400'
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- maven-plugin
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<p>The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the<br />
<a href="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/">Apache Maven Compiler Plugin, version 3.8.0</a>.</p>
<p>The Compiler Plugin is used to compile the sources of your project.</p>
<p>Important Notes since Version 3.8.0</p>
<ul>
<li>The default value for source/target has been lifted<br />
from 1.5 to 1.6 see <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-335">MCOMPILER-335</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>You should specify the version in your project&rsquo;s plugin configuration:</p>
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<pre><code class='xml'><span class='line'><span class="nt"><plugin></span>
</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><groupId></span>org.apache.maven.plugins<span class="nt"></groupId></span>
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</span><span class='line'>  <span class="nt"><version></span>3.8.0<span class="nt"></version></span>
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<p><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317225&amp;version=12341563">Release Notes &ndash; Maven Compiler Plugin &ndash; Version 3.8.0</a></p>
<p>Bugs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-311">MCOMPILER-311</a> &ndash; NPE when &mdash;patch-module is used</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-321">MCOMPILER-321</a> &ndash; Problematic Java 9 modules are silently ignored</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-332">MCOMPILER-332</a> &ndash; Java 10 not supported</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-338">MCOMPILER-338</a> &ndash; Build Issue based on MCOMPILER-192 IT</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-342">MCOMPILER-342</a> &ndash; Unsupported class file major version 55</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-343">MCOMPILER-343</a> &ndash; Tests fail to compile in modularized project due to wrong module descriptor path being passed to plexus-java</li>
</ul>
<p>Improvements:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-313">MCOMPILER-313</a> &ndash; Support mrjar dependency with module descriptor only in META-INF/versions/x</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-323">MCOMPILER-323</a> &ndash; Support multi-release jars</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-335">MCOMPILER-335</a> &ndash; Update default source/target from 1.5 to 1.6</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-341">MCOMPILER-341</a> &ndash; Compile module-info.java files located in test sources</li>
</ul>
<p>Tasks:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-336">MCOMPILER-336</a> &ndash; Dependency that should be on modulepath sometime put on classpath</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-344">MCOMPILER-344</a> &ndash; Deprecate <optimize> flag</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-350">MCOMPILER-350</a> &ndash; Add GitHub Documentation</li>
</ul>
<p>Dependency upgrades:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-324">MCOMPILER-324</a> &ndash; Upgrade parent to 31</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-351">MCOMPILER-351</a> &ndash; Upgrade maven-plugins parent to version 32</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-352">MCOMPILER-352</a> &ndash; Upgrade maven-shared-utils to 3.2.1</li>
<li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-353">MCOMPILER-353</a> &ndash; Upgrade plexus-compiler to 2.8.4</li>
</ul>
<p>Enjoy,</p>
<p>-The Apache Maven team</p>
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