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> On Apr 11, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 (binding) > > -mbien > >> On 11.04.23 10:16, Neil C Smith wrote: >> # Proposed policy >> >> * Apache NetBeans 18 will be the last release to support running the >> platform on JDK 8. >> >> * From Apache NetBeans 19, the minimum JDK required to build and run >> the IDE or platform will be JDK 11. >> >> * Future releases will take an "LTS-1" strategy for building and >> running (and CI testing) of the IDE and platform. Three JDKs will be >> supported at any one time - the current JDK, plus the previous two LTS >> releases. eg. NetBeans 20 and 21 (Nov 2023 / Feb 2024) will support >> JDK 11, 17 and 21. NetBeans 22 (May 2024) will support JDK 17, 21 and >> 22. >> >> ## Background >> >> The Apache NetBeans IDE has officially required JDK 11 to build and >> run since NetBeans 13 in March 2022. The platform (and unofficially >> the IDE) have continued to support running on JDK 8 - all modules >> requiring a higher JDK must currently be optional. Various tests have >> continued on JDK 8. >> >> This situation is causing issues as workarounds must be found for >> currently non-optional features that have dependencies or other >> requirements for running on a higher JDK (eg. Maven indexing / Lucene >> [1]). It's causing delays, complications and missed testing time in >> integration of new features (eg. problems merging support for EE 10 >> [2]). Supporting an increasing range of JDKs is causing increasing >> workload, both for people and CI. Meeting the challenges of deprecated >> (for removal) features in the JDK is also complicated by the >> additional JDK requirements. >> >> ## Notes >> >> * Apache NetBeans users will continue to be recommended to use the >> current or latest LTS JDK to run the IDE. The IDE will continue to >> support users developing projects for/with JDK 8, for as long as >> nb-javac and other dependencies allow. >> >> * This proposal specifically doesn't address when the default bytecode >> level across the codebase is increased. This can happen when required, >> but non-optional modules would be free to adopt the minimum JDK as >> they need to. >> >> * Optional modules may continue to require a runtime JDK higher than >> the minimum. Should it become necessary, build time optional modules >> might be considered - eg. a build on the minimum JDK may exclude >> modules that will not run on that JDK at runtime. >> >> * Some modules that are of independent use (eg. lookup, utilities, >> etc.) might be nominated and advertised to continue JDK 8 support for >> the time being. This is not expected to cover the runtime container as >> a whole - https://netbeans.apache.org/tutorials/nbm-runtime-container.html >> >> * Once NetBeans 19 is released, the NetBeans 18 release branch could >> be used to backport and release JDK 8 supporting fixes, subject to any >> PMC members wanting to manage those releases. >> >> * The term "platform" is used in reference to the whole framework of >> modules that we release (eg. via Maven), not just the platform >> cluster. >> >> [1] https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4999 >> [2] https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4692 >> >> >> ## Procedure >> >> This vote is going to be open at least 72 hours. Vote with +1, 0, and -1. >> >> Please mark your vote as binding only if you're an Apache NetBeans PMC >> member to help with voting admin. >> >> Decision will be by majority vote, with at least 3 binding positive votes. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Neil >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
