Hello,
On 1/8/2013 10:43 PM, Bernie E. Hoefer wrote:
Hello. I'm seeking clarification of something I just read[1]:
=+=+=+=+=+
} Security fixes for OpenJDK 6 from Oracle will continue at
} least through the EOL of JDK 6 train by Oracle. For more
} information on Oracle's "Java SE and Java for Business
} Support Roadmap", please visit its web page.
=+=+=+=+=+
The web page which that paragraph references[2] mentions both a commercial "Premier Support"
for Java SE 6 ending December 2013 and an "Extended Support" ending December 2016. I assume
"the EOL of JDK 6 train" means when JDK 6 hits the end of its extended support (December 2016). Is
that correct?
No.
Thank you for the clarification on OpenJDK 6's EOL.
[1]<http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/qanda.html>
[2]<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html>
As we announced as FOSDEM 2011 [3], security patches from Oracle for
OpenJDK 6 will continue through the "EOL" of Java SE 6 as defined by the
"End of Public Updates" date, which for Java SE 6 is February 2013.
Therefore, OpenJDK 6 will get one more round of security updates and
then be wound down.
Long live JDK 7!
-Joe
[3] http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/resource/FOSDEM/FOSDEM-2011-OpenJDK6.pdf
