Re: [m2e-users] m2e insists on using JRE 1.5 once I add JUnit to depende

[Mykola Nikishov <mn@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 23.01.2013 18:34, Steve Cohen wrote:

> To clarify a little more, we can eliminate the surefire plugin as a
> culprit.  Even without adding that dependency, simply running Maven
> Update Project Configuration is changing my JRE to 1.5.
>
> Why???
>
> Every setting in Eclipse related to this points to 1.6.

According to docs [1], [2], default value is 1.5. You have to set it 
explicitly [3] if 1.5 is not your target.

[1] 
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html#source
[2] 
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/compile-mojo.html#target
[3] 
https://manandbytes.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/convention-over-configuration-epic-fail/

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