To my understanding this suggestion does not imply dropping the ability to compile for Java 8, NetBeans is being build on Java 8 and can compile for lower sources. This would mean that NetBeans will be build with Java 11 and it will need at least Java11 as a runtime (netbeans_jdkhome) and like today it will support projects that can be compiled for lower versions of Java.
Is my understanding correct? El jue., 27 feb. 2020 a las 7:54, Michele Costabile (< michele.costab...@gmail.com>) escribió: > I think that dropping the ability to compile for Java 8 should be out of > question, because there is a large adoption of the platform and there are a > few license free alternatives, like Amazon Corretto, so even corporate > developers do not need to flee away from JDK 8 to protect the company from > potential license issues. > In my company we decided to go all the way to OpenJDK 11, but I do not > feel this is what everybody did. And to be fair, we still compile for 8 for > keeping a door open. > Regarding the platform on which NB runs, it might be considered (I do not > know if it has been ruled out in the past) to have an internal JDK for > Netbeans, like other IDEs do. In this case, the freshest LTS platform could > be a reasonable suggestion. > The point that dropping Java 8 only one LTS platform would be supported is > a strong one, and I think there could be a rule to state end of life for a > platform after two newer LTS releases. > > Michele Costabile > michele.costab...@gmail.com > > > > > Il giorno 27 feb 2020, alle ore 14:00, Geertjan Wielenga < > geert...@apache.org> ha scritto: > > > > Well, maybe we could discontinue nb-javac from 12.0 onwards, assuming the > > javac tooling by then does most/all we need, which would not mean that > the > > OracleLabs scenario below is impacted since that use case is unrelated to > > the Java editor, which is the only place where nb-javac is relevant. > I.e., > > we’d still support JDK 8, just not for editing Java code in the editor. > > > > Feel free to shoot this down, it’s just a thought. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > >
