FYI: http://blog.joda.org/2018/02/java-9-has-six-weeks-to-live.html
Regards, Michael > Am 31.01.2018 um 17:44 schrieb Taher Alkhateeb <slidingfilame...@gmail.com>: > > I suspect that there is no difference between openjdk and oracle jdk as far > as the release cycle because oracle steers both. > > However, like Jacopo I am not too concerned. The quick release cycle they > want to adopt means that there will be perhaps less drastic changes between > the versions. > > I am open to changing our release cycle, but then we have to think > carefully about releases and more importantly we _must_ automate updates. > Something we can get ideas from is the upgrade package that a software > system like suitecrm provides to allow users to upgrade with a click. > > However, I prefer sticking with our release cycle until we have a complete > idea of how to proceed. > > On Jan 31, 2018 5:41 PM, "James Yong" <jamesy...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Not sure if this is workable. > Can we do open-source development against OpenJDK using a version that is > close to an Oracle JDK with LTS? Customers can choose the corresponding > Oracle JDK with LTS in production if they want to. > > Regards, > James Yong > >> On 2018/01/29 16:21:50, 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/ >> >> >> >>
