FWIW, I think the move to Open JDK would be wise. Oracle doesn't have the best history of working with open source. I happened to be download the JDK this afternoon for something else, and received the notice below.
Jim On 2019-04-14 17:09, Taher Alkhateeb wrote: > Well, I could be mistaken but it seems EOL for java 8 is coming soon (2019 > commercial 2020 personal) [1 [1]]. This seems to be the case because the new > LTS is out which is java 11. > > Also this new release model from oracle seems to be annoying which is > pushing developers to adopt the openjdk instead. So I guess the reason for > the upgrade is to strike two birds with one stone: upgrade java and switch > to openjdk. > > With that being said, I don't have a firm opinion on upgrading and I just > wanted to highlight things, I leave it to other folks to decide. > > [1] https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 10:38 PM Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxsystems.com> > wrote: > > That would probably halt any further contributions from me in the short to > medium term. > > Can I ask why we need to require 11 when 8 is supported through to 2023? > > Regards > Scott > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 23:37 Jacques Le Roux, <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> > wrote: > > If nobody disagree, I'll make the last move (ie ask for Java 11 in > build.gradle) in 3 days > > Jacques > > Le 13/04/2019 à 12:34, Nicolas Malin a écrit : On 13/04/2019 11:47, Jacques > Le Roux wrote: I just tested, without surprise the trunk HEAD works with Java > 11 > I did the same with 18.12, works fine > > Nicolas Links: ------ [1] https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html
