> 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.
New language features... Not stuck on a version released 7 years ago... Libraries dropping support for it... I'm now sure how the Java 8 baseline decision was reached, but I was a user at that time. We upgraded, it broke, we fixed it, no complaints =/. Last time this came up I suggested we give extended LTS support in the version we drop Java 8 or at least extended security fixes. Instead of 3 months do 6 months or a year... That way enterprises can keep patched while they decide when to upgrade their Java. Thanks Tim On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 at 07:51, Richard Bywater <[email protected]> wrote: > For completeness, Adoptium (previously known as AdoptOpenJDK) also has a > target of May 2026 and October 2024 for JDK 8 & 11 respectively (which > isn't surprising as both Red Hat and Adoptium are probably using the same > binary) - see Support | Adoptium - Open source, prebuilt OpenJDK binaries > <https://adoptium.net/support.html>. > > Richard. > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 at 17:49, Mark Waite <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAO49JtEgpv1vE1e0k_hbYm7HxQ53G0OEmYMZhMw7R3EGX_jyew%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAO49JtEgpv1vE1e0k_hbYm7HxQ53G0OEmYMZhMw7R3EGX_jyew%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAAy0hwc3xO6jdMjdLnf353uB-QMj75_YaFxZSh36HAo8jC%2B%3D7Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAAy0hwc3xO6jdMjdLnf353uB-QMj75_YaFxZSh36HAo8jC%2B%3D7Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAH-3BifJFRv_8NB5oSLbBSanW%2BP7myZY0SapDO20wk0j%2BBZC3A%40mail.gmail.com.
