> > > > JDK7 is end of life after April 2015, so in May 2015 if we pick the second > model then we would be JDK8.... but the LTS released in late April will > have been JDK7 and JDK8... as technically only at then end of April is JDK7 > EOL. > > The advantage of the second model is that the July LTS will be JDK8 > > So it could be there's some confusion around "LTS", as the wiki says it follows the ubuntu model, but is it really the same?
I.E: If I use Ubuntu 14.10, I'll basically get updates for 9 months, after which if I want a fix, I'll have to flip to 15.04 (There's an overlap). If I want stability, I pick an LTS version (released every 2 years) - 14.04 LTS - which is supported for *5 years. *It gets no new features in that time, but it does receive updates (indeed we're up to 14.04.2 already). So ubuntu is a release every 6 months, an LTS release every 2 years, with LTS 'support' for 5 years. Jenkins is a release ~every week, an LTS release every 12 weeks, with LTS 'support' for 12 weeks. 12 weeks seems like a very short period of 'support'. Trying to put myself in the shoes of 'corporate IT world', isn't that saying that if I build my infra (and JDK) around Jenkins 1.xxx.1 - I'll get only 12 weeks grace before the possibility that a security fix might mean I need to change my JDK ? Now - I am perfectly comfortable with that (indeed we step our environment to match the Jenkins LTS editions), but I can see that a side-effect might be those with conservative environments trying hard to make sure that when the 'version with the fix' comes around, basically trying torpedo JDK8 or anything else. I'm also perfectly comfortable with the possibility that if you need Jenkins 1.xxx.(n>3), then you obtain those by either contributing the backporting effort yourself, or having a maintenance contract with Cloudbees|A.N.Other that does it for you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPYP83ROco9JLBT8Vthi3YEpNEjLWQtqxkdvjiWzaJPp28u0bg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
