On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:44 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I found this update that says Oracle has extended the public support of > Java 8 about 4 months past the release of Java 11. > https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/02/Java8SupportJan18 < > https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/02/Java8SupportJan18> > I do not think we need to create ourselves a set of handcuffs here. I could see a "Roadmap" page that states that the next version will be 2.11.0 and that will be Java 7 and that we imagine 2.x staying on Java 7. Next will be 3.0.0 which will be Java 8. Anything beyond that is speculation. Gary > Ralph > > > On Feb 12, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > > > > There is an article at InfoQ that discusses Oracle’s support strategy > [1]. It contains a chart that shows the support lifetime for all Oracle > releases. [2] It references a blog post from Azul discussing Oracle’s > support strategy. [3] These charts are confirmed by Oracle’s roadmap. [4]. > The end of public updates for Java 7 was in April 2015 and the end of > premier support is July 2019. [5] > > > > First, based on this and the decline in the interest in Java 7 and that > we are now about 3 years past the last public updates I am fine with making > Java 8 our minimum version along with the release of Log4j 3.0. FWIW, while > SLF4J still supports Java 5, as of today Logback 1.3.0 now requires a > minimum of Java 8. > > > > After that things start to get strange. I think we will have to take > advantage of the multi-release jar support more and more in the future > because I don’t see how we could ever make Java 9 or 10 the minimum > supported version since Oracle will effectively drop support for them 6 > months after they are introduced. I would think we would have to wait until > Java 8 usage declines to the levels Java 7 currently is before upgrading > and at that time we would have to skip all the way to Java 11. > > > > Whatever we decide to do I would prefer if we could publish our JVM > support strategy on the web site. > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > 1. https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/01/JavaSupportJan18 < > https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/01/JavaSupportJan18> > > 2. https://res.infoq.com/news/2018/01/JavaSupportJan18/en/ > resources/1java-se-lifecycle-5-year-timeline-1024x683-1517328730133.jpg < > https://res.infoq.com/news/2018/01/JavaSupportJan18/en/ > resources/1java-se-lifecycle-5-year-timeline-1024x683-1517328730133.jpg> > > 3. https://www.azul.com/java-stable-secure-free-choose-two-three/ < > https://www.azul.com/java-stable-secure-free-choose-two-three/> > > 4. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html < > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html> > > 5. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol- > 135779.html#java-commercial-offerings <http://www.oracle.com/ > technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html#java-commercial-offerings> > >
