On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 11:03, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > Yes, the sooner we can update what was agreed for NB13, the better. > But that requires notice (so not NB17, and possibly not NB18), a new > lazy consensus proposal, and no vetoes!
Let's talk some more about JDK 8 ... and JDK 11 for that matter! :-) While the immediate NB17 issue was resolved, but given comments in other threads more recently, it would be good not to let the discussion on when and how to drop the rest of our JDK 8 support. In particular with JDK 21 (the next LTS) already on the horizon later this year. In the past I believe NetBeans supported current and previous Java releases? Now might be the time to consider what our long term plan with the new JDK release schedule should be too. Previously we've discussed LTS-1, LTS and current as perhaps the limit of our capacity, for both maintaining and testing infrastructure? Firstly, do we look to move to JDK 11 as the baseline release for compilation, and running of all modules from NetBeans 19 (Aug 2023)? That allows us to advertise the NetBeans 18 platform as the last release that will support JDK 8, as well as give us time to look at remaining problems with tests? Secondly, should we at the same time advertise a plan for future JDK support so that IDE and platform users have something concrete to work with? This could be based on LTS-1, LTS and current. We could take the release of JDK 22, when JDK 21 stops being "current", as the point where we drop support for JDK 11. That would have NetBeans 22 (May 2024) requiring JDK 17 for build and run. We have required JDK 11 for build some time before dropping JDK 8 support. Do we go back to min JDK for build and run being the same again, moving build and run min JDK 17 at the same time, or staggered? Thoughts? Concerns? Alternatives? 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
