If you are a Maven user then you must know that you need a Java installed to run Maven. It requires the Java home being set up in environment variables before executing any Maven command. As Java has advanced through Java 5, Java 6 and waiting for Java 7, it is expected that all frameworks dependent on Java should also advance the compatibility. Maven’s new version – 2.2.0 is in line with this principle. It has offered compatibility with Java 1.5 (Java 5) and later but also it has removed support to Java 1.4. If we look at the market, majority of the applications have just started migration towards 1.5 (considering current economy slowness). Hence there are majority of applications still compliant with 1.4. Under such circumstances it will be an aggressive step to remove support for Java 1.4 so early, but Maven has taken this step with the recent release. Check release notes for more information on other features.

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