+1 This helps us to get at least some feedback. and this one sustainable path.
Lukas Am 8. August 2025 um 09:14 schrieb "Christofer Dutz" <christofer.d...@c-ware.de>: > > Hi all, > > Sebasitan had a great idea, which I think initially he meant as a joke, but I > think the idea is actually really good. > > We’re currently struggling a bit that we as maintainers need to stick with > Java 11 because some users claim to need it. > > The thing is, this makes many things a lot harder for us maintainers. As I > just cut a new release, updating our dependencies before was more challenging > as for some dependencies I needed to track down the last version that > supports Java 11. > > Also does it prevent us from updating to the latest version. Not all projects > maintain legacy branches (we don’t either). > > So the idea was: > If this is really so important for some of our users and it’s more work for > us and potentially harmful for users not stuck at Java 11, how about we > create an open-collective project. If we get 2k€-3k€/Year, we keep Java 11, > otherwise we drop it and to to 17 ... or we do multiple campaigns: > > * 3k€/year for Java 11 > * 1k€/year for Java 17 > Otherwise we go to Java 21? > And if one version is gone, it’s gonne for good. > > We could use the funds to orgaanize community events around PLC4X. > > What do you think? > > Chris >
