Hi, Am Freitag, dem 10.02.2023 um 10:12 +0000 schrieb Neil C Smith: > On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 at 19:02, Matthias Bläsing > <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu.invalid> wrote: > > - commit to make NetBeans runnable on JDK LTS -1 > > - build with JDK LTS -1 > > - be able to be build with the current JDK > > +1 as long as that includes the platform. > > That is what I suggested in the other thread (I don't see why we need > multiple threads incidentally!) > > An LTS-1 strategy seems closest to how NetBeans used to function - > major-1, in a time when it also had more development resources? > > Let's also be clear, though, that adopting an LTS-1 strategy means > dropping JDK 11 support either in our first release after JDK 21, or > the first after JDK 22 - so latest May 2024.
why would we do that? I said _runnable_ and _buildable_. As long as the current JDK support the target release I did not exclude that. > > - keep as many modules as feasible compatible with release 8 > > -1 : A number of things have come up recently about preparing for JDK > 21+ that would involve increasing the bytecode level and APIs in some > core parts of the NetBeans runtime container. Could you elaborate what that is? Not using Thread#stop and dropping finalizers is it not. That can be done (with some pain) with support for 8. So what is the problem? > We could choose to keep release 8 for some modules that make sense as > libraries outside of the runtime container - utilities, lookup, etc.? > But surely it makes more sense to explicitly specify those, so that we > and third-parties have clarity over which things still support JDK 8? This might be part of a constructive counter proposal of the "JDK 8 will never die" fraction. Greetings Matthias --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
