Should we switch to Java11?
There are the usually issues of moving to a newer Java. There seems
likely to be an emerging bimodal distribution of systems remaining with
Java8 and systems moving to Java11 and Java 17 (likely an LTS -
September 2021).
The question is how many systems would upgrade their Jena version and
are restricted to Java8 (and why!).
Java is evolving to better fit in the new tech landscape (e.g. better
container usage), more compact strings (significant for Jena), and
JDK-provided HTTP/2.
Some dependences or potential dependencies are Java11:
Titanium - for JSON-LD 1.1 (JENA-1948 - titanium-json-ld )
Eclipse Jetty 10 and 11 now depend on Java11.
(the difference between Jetty 10 and Jetty 11 is that Jetty 10 uses the
package root name "javax..." whereas Jetty11 uses package route
"jakarta...")
Proposal:
1/ Ask on users@ -- what we need is "new information" such as "I am
blocked from updating Java because ...", not "I haven't got round to it".
2/ Switch to Java11 for the next release but not make so many changes
that we can't easily go back to Java8.
Andy
