Re: Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-10-26 Thread Mark Waite
On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 9:29:00 AM UTC-6 Jiri Vanek wrote: I see. That sounds like correct assumption. Only JDK will become LTS only and if only somebody pick it up. So yes, the statement is correct - We can be pretty sure that once per 2 years, at last one JDK indeed will be picked

Re: Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-10-26 Thread Jiri Vanek
I'm relying on the statement on the Eclipse Temurin Release Roadmap where it says > In addition, every two years since 2021 one feature release will be designated as a Long Term Supported (LTS) release. We will support LTS releases for at

Re: Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-10-26 Thread Mark Waite
On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 8:12:02 AM UTC-6 Jiri Vanek wrote: Maybe a small narrowing. The LTS every two years means that Oracle java will be following that. And that is beyond paywall. The usptream openjdk is simply rolling with new jdk every half a year, and of it nothing is going

Re: Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-10-26 Thread Jiri Vanek
Maybe a small narrowing. The LTS every two years means that Oracle java will be following that. And that is beyond paywall. The usptream openjdk is simply rolling with new jdk every half a year, and of it nothing is going to be LTS, unless somone to pick that particular repository and keep

Re: Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-10-23 Thread Mark Waite
Two diagrams have been added to the Jenkins Enhancement Proposal . One diagram shows a single Java version (Java 25) to highlight the lifecycle of a single Java version in the Jenkins

Re: Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-10-14 Thread Mark Waite
I've created a Jenkins Enhancement Proposal based on this draft. Comments are welcomed at https://github.com/jenkinsci/jep/pull/400 On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 7:18:40 AM UTC-6 Mark Waite wrote: > Java releases are delivered every 6 months with a long term support > release every two

Transition to 2+2+2 Java Support for Jenkins

2023-09-25 Thread Mark Waite
Java releases are delivered every 6 months with a long term support release every two years as announced in a September 2021 blog post . The release cadence is described in more detail in another blog post