As far as basing decisions on actual data goes, I agree completely. Do we have any data on how many users would be affected by dropping JDK 8 support in future NetBeans versions? I’m talking real numbers here, not a few people stating, “I would like it to run on Java 8”.
That is: - How many users are on a platform that can’t run Java 11 (either due to technical issues or company policies)? - How many users NEED to move to a future NB platform? (The answer must be zero, as they don’t even know what the future NB platform offers at the moment.) Those are the users that should be counted, and I haven’t seen any data on how big that set of users is relative to the entire NB user base. Those proposing continued Java 8 support need to supply this data to validate their argument. My gut instinct is that there are very few users that fit that criteria, and those that do could be supported by the few developers that have volunteered to keep Java 8 working. Mind you, I also think that if there is data suggesting that this subset of users is significant, then it also suggests that they might have the resources to support a Java 8 fork and allow the mainstream NB to not be anchored in the past. IMO dropping Java 8 support is a few years overdue already. I do laugh at the idea of Window XP support though. Windows XP was EOL 9 years ago. It is absurd to suggest continued support for it in NB. Have we learned nothing from the ridiculous limitations imposed by DOS that are still present in Windows 11? I’ve seen a few Java projects fail to build because of those limitations. That’s what clinging to backwards compatibility for too long gets you. Regards, Scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
