Or instead, from a different perspective, if we call a 4.0, can we pay back some tech debt just for compatibility?
Best, tison. tison <wander4...@gmail.com>于2025年8月9日 周六18:30写道： > +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 >> > > >> > > >> > >> >
