Agreed that the benefit to developers is a critical point. For Java 8 bump <https://groups.google.com/g/jenkinsci-dev/c/fo5nKLhZK5U/m/Zb9jHpBJBQAJ> that was a big driver. We do want Jenkins to be appealing to the OSS Java developers out there.
I think we should plan & announce ahead like we've done for Java 8 [1] <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2015/11/03/what-jvm-versions-are-running-jenkins/> [2] <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2016/11/22/what-jvm-versions-are-running-jenkins-the-return/> [3] <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2017/01/17/Jenkins-is-upgrading-to-Java-8/> [4] <https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2017/04/10/jenkins-has-upgraded-to-java-8/>, like saying we'll bump to Java 11 as min version some time in (late?) 2022, blog about it etc. Le mer. 17 nov. 2021 à 14:39, 'Jesse Glick' via Jenkins Developers < jenkinsci-dev@googlegroups.com> a écrit : > On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 4:03 AM 'Daniel Beck' via Jenkins Developers < > jenkinsci-dev@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> […] do not show a rapid growth of Java 11 adoption >> >> > Every time this topic comes up I need to remind people that while the > proportion of installations currently running 8 vs. 11 is an interesting > datum, it is not particularly useful for making a decision about when to > drop support for 8. So long as you *can* run Jenkins on 8, and you were > doing so before, and 8 is still receiving security fixes, and there is no > particular functionality which is only available on 11 or even runs better > in any way that I am aware of, why would you bother to even take five > minutes to switch to a different Java version? > > What needs to be weighed is on the one hand the advantage to Jenkins > *developers* in requiring 11 (as Tim describes); and on the other hand > the proportion of Jenkins administrators who would *refuse* to upgrade > Jenkins if it meant switching to 11 (for example because of some dumb > enterprise policy, or because of lack of support for agents on exotic > platforms). > > -- > 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/CANfRfr1%3D2tCML%2BOYBgXmrmX2SD4_oxGDgL%2B7Fv_28S5hod9bHg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANfRfr1%3D2tCML%2BOYBgXmrmX2SD4_oxGDgL%2B7Fv_28S5hod9bHg%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 jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS4Pg-_z-Oh41JAcnrZvBP-3XdrAnouMSpy5V35BGWpn-w%40mail.gmail.com.
