+1 for JDK17 -0 for 4.0. Bumping JDK version doesn't break APIs and contracts. So I'd prefer 3.10. 4.0 may give a signal of a big break change but it isn't.
Best, tison. Li Wang <li4w...@gmail.com>于2025年8月9日 周六08:51写道： > That's awesome. Thanks for driving this, Andor! > > After releasing 3.9.4 I’d like to announce EoL of the 3.8.x release line > > and create a new minor/major off the master branch. > > > Does this mean the next major version (i.e. 4.0.0/3.10.0) will be released > soon, as we need to have a new current release before announcing EoL of the > 3.8.x release? > > Given the 3.9.4 release is in progress, any rough idea on when the next > major version will be? > > what if we rather call the new release 4.0.0 > > +1 for calling it 4.0.0. Looks like we have been on 3.x for about 17 years > already. > > what if we make two steps forward instead of one and let Java 17 to be the > > minimum requirement > > +1 for Java 17 > > Best, > > Li > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Thanks for driving this Andor! I think what you are saying makes sense, > > will be interested to see what other ppl think. > > > > Regards, > > > > Patrick > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM Andor Molnar <an...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi Li, > > > > > > The topic comes up every so often on the Dev list, so let’s bring it up > > > again. After releasing 3.9.4 I’d like to announce EoL of the 3.8.x > > release > > > line and create a new minor/major off the master branch. I’d like to > drop > > > Java 8 support in that release and make Java 11 as minimum requirement > > for > > > ZooKeeper. > > > > > > * In which case, what if we rather call the new release 4.0.0? > > > * Additionally what if we make two steps forward instead of one and let > > > Java 17 to be the minimum requirement? With that, we could upgrade > Jetty > > to > > > the latest actively supported version. > > > > > > Please share your thoughts. > > > > > > Andor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 7, 2025, at 13:16, Li Wang <li4w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Does anyone know when 3.10.0 is planned to be released? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Li > > > > > > > > >
