do we have any advantage to stick on java 8 being said it doesnt prevent users to run to move to java 26 today - they just dont upgrade as they do for their java version? it has more cons to stick on java 8, just the matri compat (vendors x versions) can justify to keep only 2 lts IMHO.
Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) Le mer. 11 févr. 2026 à 15:28, Elliotte Rusty Harold <[email protected]> a écrit : > On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM Tibor Digaňa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Yes JDK8 is supported till 2030 but it looks like undefined in the table > > below. > > I don't consider this as a healthy argument that we should be on Java 8 > as > > well especially if it is the year 2030 because then we are affected by > this > > decision for years. The Maven 4 goes with Java 17 - I am glad. See this > > table: > > https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html > > One more time: please don't confuse the Oracle Java support map with > Java support. They are not the same thing. Java has had multiple > vendors for almost 20 years. What Oracle will support is only what > Oracle will support. I wouldn't even consider Oracle the primary > vendor of Java any more. IBM, Azul, Amazon, Microsoft, Red Hat, the > OpenJDK Project, and others have significantly different schedules. > > A quick search does show Azul and Amazon ending support for Java 8 on > January 1 2031 so 2030 is probably about the right time for us to > consider dropping Java 8 support. I wouldn't do it before then. There > are practical advantages to sticking on Java 8 that still outweigh the > advantages of upgrading for some shops. > > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold > [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
