Other than the thread that Roman noted, I'm not aware of any specific plans to move away from Java 8 for Ignite 2.x. As a community-driven project, there are no guarantees but you'll probably be okay for a year or so. Worst case, you can build your own Java 8-compatible version.
Having said that, the Java community as a whole seems to be quite rapidly moving away from it. Many active projects have already dropped support. Java 8 has not had mainstream support for a couple of years already. Hopefully you have plans to migrate to something newer. On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 at 14:27, Max Shultz <max.shu...@rossvideo.com> wrote: > Hi Stephen, we were planning on implementing Ignite / GridGain in one of > our projects, but we can’t do that if they are going to be dropping Java 8 > support in the next year for example. We are looking for something that > will continue to support Java 8 for the next couple of years at least. > > > > *From:* Stephen Darlington <sdarling...@apache.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 17, 2024 4:48 AM > *To:* user@ignite.apache.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Long-Term Java 8 support / Ignite 3 roadmap > > > > Max, are you worried that Ignite will or won't drop Java 8 support? > > > > On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 17:39, Roman Puchkovskiy < > roman.puchkovs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Max. > > I'm working at GridGain, so I think the best thing I could do to help > you is to suggest contacting GridGain representatives, but you already > did it. > > вт, 16 янв. 2024 г. в 19:21, Max Shultz <max.shu...@rossvideo.com>: > > > > Hi Roman, thanks for the information. Do you know if GridGain is > planning on having long-term Java 8 support? (I did reach out to them as > well, but just curious if anyone here knows) > > > > Thanks, > > > > - Max > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roman Puchkovskiy <roman.puchkovs...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 11:50 AM > > To: user@ignite.apache.org > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Long-Term Java 8 support / Ignite 3 roadmap > > > > Hi Max. > > > > As for Ignite 2, there are discussions (like this: > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/v81wt7xzvrk6o04sb2k4fmydctqgtjlg ) > > about raising the minimum Java version used to compile the project to > > 11 (that is, dropping support for Java 8-10). > > > > Ignite 3 does not support Java 8, it can be built (and run) minimally > > on Java 11. > > > > вт, 9 янв. 2024 г. в 20:19, Max Shultz <max.shu...@rossvideo.com>: > > > > > > Hi, I wanted to ask how long Apache Ignite plans on supporting Java 8. > > > > > > > > > > > > In the docs for Ignite 2.16.0, it says: “Ignite was officially tested > on … JDK 8, 11, or 17” > > > > > > > > > > > > But in the docs for Ignite 3 beta, it says “Ignite 3.0 Beta was > officially tested on: JDK 11 and later” > > > > > > > > > When Ignite 3 comes out, will it replace Ignite 2 and drop Java 8 > support? Is there a roadmap for Ignite 3’s release? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > - Max Shultz > > ---------------------------------------------- > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain information that is > confidential to Ross Video. > > If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately by > replying to this message. Please also delete all copies. Thank you. >
