Re: Java 11 as minimum? (Jetty 9.4.x EOL)

['Daniel Beck' via Jenkins Developers]

> On 23. Dec 2021, at 17:49, Basil Crow <m...@basilcrow.com> 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.

Great, thanks!

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