+1 on supporting LTS releases.
VM distributors (RedHat, Azul - to name two) want to provide patches to
LTS versions (i.e. into http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11u/).
How that will play out in reality ... I don't know. Whether Oracle will
contribute to that repo for 8 after it's EOL and 11 after the 6 month
cycle ... we will see. Most Linux distributions promised(?) long-term
support for Java 11 in their LTS releases (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04). I am not
sure what that exactly means ... whether they will actively provide
patches to OpenJDK or whether they just build from source.
But considering that, I think it's definitely worth to at least keep an
eye on Java 12 and 13 - even if those are just EA. Java 12 for example
does already forbid some "dirty tricks" that are still possible in Java 11.
On 11/6/18 8:32 PM, DB Tsai wrote:
OpenJDK will follow Oracle's release cycle,
https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/, a strict six months model. I'm
not familiar with other non-Oracle VMs and Redhat support.
DB Tsai | Siri Open Source Technologies [not a contribution] |
Apple, Inc
On Nov 6, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com
<mailto:r...@databricks.com>> wrote:
What does OpenJDK do and other non-Oracle VMs? I know there was a lot
of discussions from Redhat etc to support.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:24 AM DB Tsai <d_t...@apple.com
<mailto:d_t...@apple.com>> wrote:
Given Oracle's new 6-month release model, I feel the only
realistic option is to only test and support JDK such as JDK 11
LTS and future LTS release. I would like to have a discussion on
this in Spark community.
Thanks,
DB Tsai | Siri Open Source Technologies [not a contribution] |
Apple, Inc
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