Default JDK change: revert or yell from the mountaintops
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- Dominant language
- Scala
- Stars
- 199
- Forks
- 67
- Avg merge
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Description
The default JDK changed from 8 to 11 in 0.14.0, which isn't noted in the changelog and probably not what most people want. Lots of people are getting Scala Steward upgrades to sbt-spiewak-0.23 and ending up on Temurin 11, and probably not realizing it.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the 0.14.0 change that moved the default JDK from 8 to 11 and the changelog, then inspect how the default is configured. Done means either the default is reverted or the JDK change is clearly documented for users upgrading through Scala Steward.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, java, scala
- Domain
- build-system, ci-cd
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100