Thank you Michael for starting this thread. When discussing this, we will also have to consider that OFBiz currently depends on several other Open Source products that will have to be compatible with the platform we will choose (however, considering that backward compatibility is maintained in new Java releases this is not going to be a major concern).
Jacopo On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Michael Brohl <michael.br...@ecomify.de> wrote: > Hi devs, > > this is just an initial information and dicussion starter to make everyone > aware of this: > > the Oracle Java release model is changing from a feature based to a time > based model [1]. One major drawback is that there will be no more public > patch releases for older versions once a new release is published, if I > understand correctly. > > We'll have to discuss if this affects the project in terms of support for > the latest public Java releases. If we want to stay up-to-date according to > the public releases, we'll have to establish a process to early check the > new features and changes of a coming release and maybe release more often. > > We might even have to support the latest Java release along with the > current LTS release to cover both users with and without commercial > support? I'm not sure. > > What do you think? > > Best regards, > > Michael > > [1] https://www.azul.com/java-stable-secure-free-choose-two-three/ > > > >
