Because after 9, there will be 10, and after 10, 11. From my experience, the longer you stay stuck on a technology, the harder it is to migrate afterwards. Have you heard that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will ship JDK 10 and bump it to 11 in a point release? Every major software project is either marching towards JDK9 support or is already there. Even niche, low-staff projects like Apache Karaf have JDK9 support. I do not see why we should stay behind. Of course, all of this is only my personal opinion. I'm not trying to start a war here :)
Regards, Martin 2018-02-18 0:23 GMT+01:00 Neil C Smith <[email protected]>: > On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, 23:07 Martin Dindoffer, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If there isn't such a thing present, the importance of supporting JDK9 > > building > > will only increase over time. > > > > Why?! JDK 8 support will outlast JDK 9. I can see supporting building on a > non-LTS being a nice-to-have, but surely not that important? > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > > -- > Neil C Smith > Artist & Technologist > www.neilcsmith.net > > Praxis LIVE - hybrid visual IDE for creative coding - www.praxislive.org >
