Hi all, recently I've been wondering multiple times if we should just switch to Java 11 as the minimum supported versions.
Reasons/benefits: - I believe most deployments are on Java 11 anyways - It simplifies our build, one less JDK to handle (we now try to support Java 8, 11 and 17) - google-java-format recent versions require Java 11, errorprone shows some misbehaviors on Java 8 and requires special setup - Among our dependencies, Wicket 9 also requires Java 11, not sure what else. - Can can start using some new API introduced after Java 11, like "var" for type inference, some handy new methods in Optional, a variety of new methods in streams, and support for creating maps, sets and lists with a single call (e..g Map.of(key, value)). Disadvantages: - Java 8 is supported up until 2026 while Java 11 (so far at least) up until October 2024 <https://adoptium.net/support.html>. Switching now, we'd still get 3.5 years of support ahead of us. I'm afraid that we'll have to get used to short LTSs anyways, Oracle is proposing to go down to 2 years for LTSs: https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/10/oracle-java-two-year-lts/ Cheers Andrea == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://bit.ly/gs-services-us for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions Group phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 333 8128928 https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/ http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail
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