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Michael Osipov commented on MJAVADOC-387:
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I have several problems with a new parameter:
1. Javadoc help says:
{noformat}
-X Print a synopsis of nonstandard options
{noformat}
This might not work across different vendors.
2. Having this options by default would lead to:
{noformat}
$ /usr/local/openjdk7/jre/../bin/javadoc @options @packages
javadoc: error - invalid flag: -Xdoclint:all
{noformat}
This would actually mean that one has to activate this parameter if Java
version is 1.8+. In turn the documention of this plugin would say default is "
{{-Xdoclint:auto}}". It does not look idiot-proof to me.
> Handle JDK8 -Xdoclint
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> Key: MJAVADOC-387
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-387
> Project: Maven Javadoc Plugin
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: scolebourne2
>
> The Oracle team have added the doclint tool to JDK 8. The tool validates
> Javadoc as part of a standard Javadoc run. Unfortunately, with the default
> settings, it rejects many HTML elements that are perfectly acceptable to
> browsers, and all invalid Javadoc references (@links). This is likely to
> prove very unpopular with developers.
> Action needed:
> 1) Provide a maven-javadoc-plugin configuration item and property that can
> control the doclint tool (currently this requires using additionalparam
> AFAICT).
> 2) Apply the {{-Xdoclint:none}} option by default, so that doclint is opt-in,
> not opt-out (ie. fix Oracle's messed up default). This will also make it much
> easier for developers to handle migration to JDK 8.
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