One thing to consider is that some/several application servers require JDK 8, or at least, when running NetBeans on a release later than JDK 8, a prompt appears when starting a server (GlassFish, Payara, etc) forcing a JDK 8 to be selected prior to the server being able to be started.
Gj On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 10:50, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 01:13, Laszlo Kishalmi <laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What do you think about stopping support Java 8 as NetBeans runtime from > > 12.1 and on? .. Neil mentioned it in the user's chat first regarding > that we have issues > > with nb-javac from time to time. > > Thanks for kicking this off! I would say +1 with caveats. > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 07:46, Jan Lahoda <lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > -I know some people that have NetBeans platform application, and target > JDK > > 8. I hope they'll comment here. > > -regarding JDK 11 and (nb-)javac - while the Java editing using JDK 11's > > javac is possible, I think it still leaves a lot to be desired > > I'm not sure we should drop support for running on JDK 8 entirely with > 12.1, including for the platform, but maybe something to consider for > 13.1. > > But it would be good from 12.1 to make running on Java 11+ considered > the baseline for the IDE, particularly for Java editing, and move > nb-javac to be far more opt-in than opt-out - a legacy feature. > > I don't think it's good or sustainable (from an ASF position) that > enabling Java editing automatically installs nb-javac and JavaFX > unless the user opts out, and without information on what opting out > entails. And we should remove the persistent notifications to > install. Ideally the wizards that require JavaFX would also be > removed at the same time. > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 07:59, Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > wrote: > > I think we may be a bit too eager to drop JDK 8. :-) Bear in mind that > > would leave us supporting only one LTS release of the JDK, i.e., JDK 11. > > Our LTS supporting JDK 8 will last until shortly before the next Java > LTS is released though. And hopefully with changes in update centres > and infrastructure we're better placed to deliver patch updates for > 12.0 if needed. > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
