The javac tool supports source and target options whose origin stretches back into the early mists of the Java platform. As of JDK 8, using options for source and target values corresponding to JDK 5 are earlier should generate a warning as support for those options will be removed in a future release.
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JDK-8023826 Typo in warning about obsolete source / target values
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JDK-8011044 Remove support for 1.5 and earlier source and target options
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JDK-8046172 JEP 182: Policy for Retiring javac -source and -target Options
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