... aaand because some company/ies does/do that, we as an open source project/forget need/must stick to it?
So basically, all we did so far was "waste of resources" as Java 8 is there to stay, at least until 2030, right? Why did we bother at all! On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM Elliotte Rusty Harold <elh...@ibiblio.org> wrote: > > On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM Benjamin Marwell <bmarw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hey, I can totally understand the people voting -1 for the given reasons. > > Even with Java 17 support ending in ~15 months FOR PERSONAL USE. > > > This is **NOT** true, though people keep repeating this. Java 8, 11, > and 17 will be supported for some time to come. Oracle might stop > supporting them. Oracle != Java. For example, Amazon has commited "to > provide performance enhancements and security updates at no cost until > at least the specified date for the relevant release version (e.g. > December 2030 for Corretto 8)." There are many other vendors. > > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold > elh...@ibiblio.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
