While I agree with your statements regarding Java 7 and 8 I can’t think of why we would ever want to have Java 9 or 10 be the minimum supported version. Would you be comfortable saying that knowing that those versions aren’t supported by Oracle in any way for anyone?
Ralph > On Feb 13, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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> >> >>
