We have been on Java 21 for a long time now. I feel like the transition from 11 to 17 is easier than the transition from 8 to 11 so I do not see a compelling reason to support 11.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM Thomas Broyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, October 27, 2025 at 12:09:11 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > > > Finally I believe that if your dev environment is 21 it would be difficult > to produce compatible code with 8. > So most people that will do the jump, they will probably bite the bullet > and will do it both client side and server side. > > > I have several projects that require a JDK 21 toolchain but produce Java 8 > bytecode, --release 8 makes it a breeze (with no fear of using incompatible > APIs either), so not really a compelling argument. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Contributors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/9c9a04a7-706b-4ff1-8dd5-6783053f15adn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/9c9a04a7-706b-4ff1-8dd5-6783053f15adn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CAKAo3tRcrvX%3DTPQfhmRDC170Vm9Du-km8OmocWmnWqxwd0YkXg%40mail.gmail.com.
