Java 11 is compatible with 2.11.12 onwards. But the referenced check is blocking this version

[arunsval]

Hi,

We are trying to migrate our project to Java 11 with the minimum scala version that is compatible with Java 11. As found in the scala blog here https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.html the scala version 2.11.12 is compatible with Java 11, but the below block of code is blocking this:

scala-maven-plugin/src/main/java/scala_maven/ScalaMojoSupport.java

Line 623 in eea9388

boolean releaseIsSupported = scalaVersion.compareTo(new VersionNumber("2.12.0")) >= 0;

We are getting below error while compiling with maven and Java 11 and scala 2.11.12. But ideally this should work.

Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 11 

As per the plugin code Java 11 can be used only with scala 2.12.0, but we have few constraints to migrate to 2.12.0. Also other than the "-release" flag I don't see any other option working for Java 11.

[slandelle]

Hi,

Please provide a reproducer.