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 Maven Compatibility Plan
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 Hervé Boutemy
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 2020-05-20
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Maven Compatibility Plan

  Work In Progress...

* Scope

  This page describes the plan on:

  [[1]] minimum <<Java>> requirement for Maven components and plugins runtime,

  [[2]] minimum <<Maven>> requirement for plugins runtime.

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  Current minimum runtime prerequisites for latest plugins release is visible in a {{{https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/Maven/job/dist-tool-plugin/site/dist-tool-prerequisites.html}daily generated report}}.

* Maven Plan

  * Until ..., Maven 2.2.1 + Java 5 prerequisites, with plugins versions in 2.x

  * Since ..., Maven 3.0 + Java 7 prerequisites, with plugins in 3.x

  * Since ..., discussions on Maven 3.2.5? + Java 8 prerequisites

* Context

  * Maven core Java requirement history is visible in the {{{/docs/history.html}release notes}}

  * JDK/JRE support dates:

    * Java 5 is closed source, EOLed by binary providers on ...

    * Java 6 is Open Source, maintained at OpenJDK until ... 

    * Java 7 is Open Source, maintained at OpenJDK at least until June 2020 

    * Java 8 is Open Source, maintained at OpenJDK at least until September 2023

    * see {{{https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFGazvrCvHMZJgFstlbzoHjpAVwv5DEdnaBr_5pKuHo}Java Is Still Free}}
    
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