This page summarizes currently known problems when running with java8, latest beta (1.8.0-ea-b119).
see also MNG-5551 for compilations issues
Related continuous integration job is https://builds.apache.org/view/M-R/view/Maven/ Interesting is that is takes about 3 times the amount of time to execute the job with JDK8 compared to JDK7 !
maven-verifier
embedded mode does not work due to sun bug 9009028 - System.setProperties(null) corrupts java.home, turned into JDK-8030781. This affects at least maven-core and surefire.
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