I am +0 for Java 21
Am Montag, dem 02.03.2026 um 20:44 +0100 schrieb Richard Zowalla:
> Hi all,
>
> We have an open issue that may be relevant for 3.0.0-M2:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-1735 (Java 21)
>
> Martin and I discussed this offline. While I personally favor keeping
> Java 17 as the baseline (since I am a EE folk and EE11 is still Java
> 17
> baseline), I understand the concerns: more and more tools are moving
> toward Java 21 (recently checkstyle), and we may want to stay aligned
> with that ecosystem and potentially take advantage of the latest
> language features available in Java 21.
>
> Although we could use multi-release JARs to leverage newer bytecode
> versions, this would likely add some complexity to our build process.
>
> For that reason, I’d like to start a discussion on whether we should
> move to Java 21 for the 3.x release line and drop Java 17 support.
>
> Copying users@ for information. Feel free to provide your opinion.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Gruß
> Richard
