In this case what about our release polices? Are we going to update release as well in every 6 month?
Thanks & Regards -- Deepak Dixit www.hotwaxsystems.com www.hotwax.co On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:52 AM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > This indeed lets not much choices > > Jacques > > > > Le 30/01/2018 à 18:35, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit : > >> I see. Hmm, then I'm not sure, but perhaps we have no choice but to go >> with the short term releases then. >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:32 PM, Michael Brohl <michael.br...@ecomify.de> >> wrote: >> >>> The problem with LTS is that it is not free. If we stick to LTS, we won't >>> support the users which use the public versions. To get security updates, >>> these users have to change their version every half year. >>> >>> It's difficult to say if you will have compatibility problems beetween >>> those >>> public versions but it is possible. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> Am 30.01.18 um 18:12 schrieb Taher Alkhateeb: >>> >>> Sure but If we choose to go with 9, then we _must_ keep jumping every >>>> 6 months or so. You either stick with an LTS or you don't, and as per >>>> my understanding 9 and 10 are not LTS. Read the article for more >>>> information. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:01 PM, Jacques Le Roux >>>> <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That sounds wise to me, maybe we can try Java 9 though, to not get too >>>>> much >>>>> things to do later? >>>>> >>>>> Jacques >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Le 30/01/2018 à 17:49, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit : >>>>> >>>>>> If I understood the documentation correctly, we have to choose between >>>>>> two different packages: >>>>>> - Stable release (long term support, less features) >>>>>> - Feature release (short term support, more features) >>>>>> >>>>>> Of the two, I think the stable LTS seems to be more compatible with >>>>>> our own release cycle. Also we don't usually go crazy with feature >>>>>> adoption and we prefer to take things slow. >>>>>> >>>>>> So we can perhaps stick with JDK 8 for as long as we need and maybe >>>>>> then jump to 11 when we are ready. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Jacques Le Roux >>>>>> <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was wondering about that too when I read this thread on Tweeter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://twitter.com/holgerbrands/status/957572736129339392 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But it seems OK finally >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jacques >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Le 30/01/2018 à 10:27, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you Michael for starting this thread. >>>>>>>> When discussing this, we will also have to consider that OFBiz >>>>>>>> currently >>>>>>>> depends on several other Open Source products that will have to be >>>>>>>> compatible with the platform we will choose (however, considering >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> backward compatibility is maintained in new Java releases this is >>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>> going >>>>>>>> to be a major concern). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jacopo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Michael Brohl >>>>>>>> <michael.br...@ecomify.de> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi devs, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> this is just an initial information and dicussion starter to make >>>>>>>>> everyone >>>>>>>>> aware of this: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> the Oracle Java release model is changing from a feature based to a >>>>>>>>> time >>>>>>>>> based model [1]. One major drawback is that there will be no more >>>>>>>>> public >>>>>>>>> patch releases for older versions once a new release is published, >>>>>>>>> if >>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> understand correctly. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We'll have to discuss if this affects the project in terms of >>>>>>>>> support >>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>> the latest public Java releases. If we want to stay up-to-date >>>>>>>>> according >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> the public releases, we'll have to establish a process to early >>>>>>>>> check >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> new features and changes of a coming release and maybe release more >>>>>>>>> often. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We might even have to support the latest Java release along with >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> current LTS release to cover both users with and without commercial >>>>>>>>> support? I'm not sure. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What do you think? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Michael >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [1] https://www.azul.com/java-stable-secure-free-choose-two-three/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> >
