Is there a list of LTS release that I can reference?
________________________________ From: Ryan Blue <rb...@netflix.com.invalid> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:28 PM To: sn...@snazy.de Cc: Spark Dev List; cdelg...@apple.com Subject: Re: Test and support only LTS JDK release? +1 for supporting LTS releases. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:48 AM Robert Stupp <sn...@snazy.de<mailto: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<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 -- Robert Stupp @snazy -- Ryan Blue Software Engineer Netflix
