I am beginning to wonder if we should consider moving to OpenJDK. I think I
really dislike this release model with all the extra costs and headache
involved.

Are we stuck with Oracle JDK? Does anyone know of limitations or problems
with OpenJDK? I vaguely remember font problems with the BIRT plugin but I
cannot recall any serious issues.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 10:56 AM Michael Brohl <michael.br...@ecomify.de>
wrote:

> Hi devs,
>
> a quick heads up for this topic.
>
> After following the release strategy and thinking more about it, I think
> that most users will go with a subscription model and subscribe for an
> LTS version. The costs are moderate [1] and I assume that few users will
> go through a repeating 6 month "early access - update - test - go live"
> circle for free Java versions.
>
> Java 11 EA is available [2] so we could start to test with it.
>
> The latest Intellij Idea already has support for Java 11, I suppose that
> it will come for Eclipse Photon shortly also.
>
> I wonder if we should base the OFBiz 17.12 release on Java 8 or Java 11.
> We have no fixed release date yet so we might have time to do it.
>
> Another way would be to make a new branch which will support Java 11.
>
> What do people think?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael Brohl
> ecomify GmbH
> www.ecomify.de
>
>
> [1]
>
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/overview/javasesubscriptionfaq-4891443.html
>
> [2] http://jdk.java.net/11/
>
>
>
>
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> Am 29.01.18 um 17:21 schrieb Michael Brohl:
> > 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/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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