Thank you for your reply Neil. > > > I hope everyone recovered from the last JDK 8 thread and is ready for > > > the first JDK 8 thread of 2023 :) > > > > Nobody recovers from these threads with you guys without wounds. > > > > -1 (I mean veto) on dropping JDK 8 support. > > If this were a lazy consensus thread, and we're not there yet, I'd > expect a -1
As you probably know, I am not participating in day-to-day development of NetBeans. It may happen I miss the vote thread - technically it might be presented as my mistake, but in reality it would be an obstruction, because everyone of you shall know: I am voting against dropping support for JDK 8. At any vote you ever call - even if I miss it. Please be so nice and make sure I know that a vote is about to happen. Otherwise I will challenge that vote at Apache authorities. > to cover a lot more about an alternative way forward, > addressing the resource issues, testing capacity constraints, peoples' > time, priorities in supporting JDK 21+, release headaches, etc. That's what I have been providing to you for the last three years (at least). You were never listening to me. Whenever I tried to move NetBeans IDE forward, while keeping the wide usability of NetBeans Platform, you said no. Well, it is my turn now. I am saying no to "blind" dropping of JDK 8 support. > I hope we can find a consensus way forward on all that, but if not we > end up with a majority vote on the issue. I certainly hope we find a consensus. That was always the goal behind all my proposals in the last few years. Threatening with a "non-veto" vote on a code issue is a bit nasty, but I can live with it. Just keep me informed, so I can mobilize supporters. > And soon we'll end up with 8, 11, 17, 21 and 22-ea. That does not > feel sustainable. Why not? It is a machine doing the testing and it runs "for free". Anyway if you want to simplify the matrix - then drop 11 or 17 or 21 - they are all the same anyway. The the important thing is the bottom and then whether it shall be JDK8 or not! Let the negotiations begin! -jt --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
