From eb0fed6966f9efbdbf5d6c239cf32082eb7b4bee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Perkins" <jperkins@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:02:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Require Java SE 17 for a minimum version, but compile down to
 Java 11.

Signed-off-by: James R. Perkins <jperkins@redhat.com>
---
 parent-pom/pom.xml | 8 +++-----
 pom.xml            | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parent-pom/pom.xml b/parent-pom/pom.xml
index 4bcfebf..c795b72 100644
--- a/parent-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-pom/pom.xml
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@
         <skipFormatting>false</skipFormatting>
         <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
 
-        <!-- Default to Java 11 -->
-        <jdk.min.version>11</jdk.min.version>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.release>
+        <!-- Require a minimum of 17 to build with a release version of 11. -->
+        <jdk.min.version>17</jdk.min.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>
         <version.formatter.maven.plugin>2.24.1</version.formatter.maven.plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 626edc9..d8a0386 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 
     <properties>
         <version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>
+
+        <!-- Currently, this project doesn't compile anything. However, for consistency require a minimum of 17 to
+             build with a release version of 11.
+         -->
+        <jdk.min.version>17</jdk.min.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>