A transition period using Java 11 Docker images with Java 8 compatibility would be useful IMO.
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 22:21, Raihaan Shouhell <raihaanhims...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Perhaps removal of java 8 support should come with a bump in major version > number so jenkins 3.x and an announcement ahead of time. > > Cheers, > Raihaan > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 7:42 AM Oleg Nenashev <o.v.nenas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am in favor of making JDK11 the default in all our distributions, >> including controller and agent Docker images. >> At the same time I am afraid that removal of Java 1.8 support is premature. >> The vast majority of Jenkins users still uses this version, and the >> migration to Java 11 won't be seamless in al l cases. For example, Maven >> Plugin will effectively switch project builds to Java 11 once the agent >> images are updated. It will cause unexpected issues in user builds here and >> there. Nothing should be critical, but we should not force users to migrate >> immediately. >> >> IMHO there should be a grace period between Java 8 support deprecation and >> the actual removal. Maybe 6 months or so. >> >> BR, Oleg >> >> On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 7:13:17 PM UTC+2 slide wrote: >>> >>> I agree with dropping java 8. There are some nice features in 11 that would >>> be good to use. >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 9:11 AM Tim Jacomb <timja...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> We’ve been using it for over a year on java 11 and never hit an issue... >>>> >>>> I would rather drop java 8 as well >>>> >>>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 15:48, Jesse Glick <jgl...@cloudbees.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My opinion remains that if we believe Java 11 support is solid enough to >>>>> be the default, then we may as well keep things simple and drop Java 8 >>>>> support: start building core and important plugins with `java.level=11`, >>>>> and take advantage of its features. Building and testing primarily >>>>> against 8 while pushing users to run 11, and forcing developers to >>>>> consider both platforms in every situation, seems like the worst decision. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to jenkinsci-de...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANfRfr2hjuPWgK7XqzwezcT8eP1i1_ZZd_iMNreg%3D7K7FTzH8Q%40mail.gmail.com. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Jenkins Developers" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to jenkinsci-de...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAH-3BifVe04fx-7vx6Dp-jkLmTvepCDGHXqRDLEWdHyNN8TG%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Website: http://earl-of-code.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/74c9f96d-1acc-4315-9fd5-e59bb6fdeff8n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAFoxvgwycdrsK9dX-A7KVcA%2Bi%3Dta6dhc4iZbVAz%2BRKv3dn5Ymg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CACmp6koaWJhQ6R_6991XaFfF%2ByHxEkhoKv%3DsYmE0SmnreOu2tQ%40mail.gmail.com.
