On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 4:49 PM Oleg Nenashev wrote: > I think we should eventually drop Java 8 support but only when we have > enough Java 11 adoption > What we could do in short term is to deprecate Java 8 and to put explicit > recommendation to switch to Java 11 or 17 preview >
An administrative monitor has recommended Java 11 since Jenkins 2.296 (weekly) <https://www.jenkins.io/changelog/#v2.296> and Jenkins 2.303.1 (LTS) <https://www.jenkins.io/changelog-stable/#v2.303.1>. The Docker image default labels were switched to Java 11 in Jenkins 2.307 (weekly) and Jenkins 2.303.1 (LTS). > IMHO we are already in the state when we can announce our intent to drop > support for Java 8, maybe with minimum timeframe of 6/9 months in the > announcement. The actual timeline could be even longer, e.g. 1 year for LTS > best case > > I don't yet see the compelling benefit of dropping Java 8 support. Red Hat has declared that they will support OpenJDK 8 <https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013> until May 2026 and will support OpenJDK 11 until October 2024. Amazon Corretto has extended LTS support for Corretto 8 <https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/08/amazon-corretto-8-11-support-extended/> to May 2026 and Corretto 11 to September 2027. Oracle will provide Premier Support for Oracle Java 8 SE <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html> until March 2022 and will provide Premier Support for Oracle Java 11 SE until September 2023. I don't yet see a compelling benefit that would motivate us to drop support for OpenJDK 8. Its support lifetime is almost as long as Java 11. Mark Waite -- 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 jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAO49JtEgpv1vE1e0k_hbYm7HxQ53G0OEmYMZhMw7R3EGX_jyew%40mail.gmail.com.
