+1 for supporting LTS releases. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:48 AM Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de> wrote:
> +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> 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> 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 >> >> > -- > Robert Stupp > @snazy > > -- Ryan Blue Software Engineer Netflix
