On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 12:01 PM Tim Jacomb <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think we should target the LTS after next for dropping Java 8 support.
+1 > That would be: > > Weekly - 2nd February (week after baseline selection for next LTS) > LTS - approx 7th June (roughly when ths LTS after next will be released) For the LTS date, I vote for Flag Day <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_day_(computing)> (June 14) for both practical and symbolic reasons. On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 1:12 PM 'Daniel Beck' via Jenkins Developers < [email protected]> wrote: > > Do we expect that a notable subset of users will be unable to switch to Java 11 due to platform issues (or perhaps just shitty policies)? I do not expect so. Users who are not consuming the Docker image may trivially install OpenJDK 11 through their distribution's package manager or by extracting an Eclipse Adoptium/Temurin archive. > Is Java 11 available on all major distros, etc.? Yes, it is and has been for some time. > No weird licensing issues from Oracle perhaps? Not if you avoid the Oracle distribution and stick to an OpenJDK-based distribution. > Should we plan to have a longer-running Java 8 LTS branch to give them more time to switch? I think giving people more time will discourage them from switching rather than encouraging them to switch. -- 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/CAFwNDjrOPYr5x3JBfDoHet82u0yrK0aZNskTtLM-Uu%2BoTApbTw%40mail.gmail.com.
