I agree that the JDK issue is technical debt. Maybe jumping straight to JDK 10 would be a good solution?
On Feb 17, 2018 6:37 PM, "Martin Dindoffer" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
