From be54f7bf63abe7e24b338547ac30c34fa7bd2658 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Schroevers <stephan.schroevers@teampicnic.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:31:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add an explanation

---
 pom.xml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f5e3c8197a..4a8ee5b4b36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -951,6 +951,10 @@
                         </compilerArgs>
                         <parameters>true</parameters>
                         <showWarnings>false</showWarnings>
+                        <!-- The actual source level is specified by
+                        `version.jdk.source`, but javac requires that `-source`
+                        is not greater than `-target`. Thanks to the Jabel
+                        plugin the code can be compiled anyway. -->
                         <source>${version.jdk.target}</source>
                         <target>${version.jdk.target}</target>
                         <!-- Erroneously inverted logic... for details, see