Howdy, TBH, I _kinda remember_ (may be wrong, it may been only mentioned but not voted upon - that is the "crux" of ASF projects) that when we raised Maven 4 to Java 17, it was agreed it will be LTS - 2 (it was 17 at the time of vote).
As for fixed dates, am _really unsure_. We want to get "out" Maven 4, as it will remove all the hurdles from Maven 3 (well, Maven 4 is "transitioning us there") and hopefully after that we can move on at a more regular pace. My 5 cents. T On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM John Neffenger <j...@status6.com> wrote: > > I'm genuinely curious, is there a reason why Maven has not switched to > fixed release dates and Java support policies? > > Every other Java project in which I participate, including the JDK > itself, JavaFX, and NetBeans, switched long ago to predetermined release > dates and Java versions. For any of them, you can figure out now what > release will be available 10 years from now and what versions of Java > that release will support. All of them -- especially the JDK -- have > found the switch to be extremely beneficial. > > Is there something fundamental about the Maven project that makes it > different? Was this discussed earlier and I missed it? (I joined the > mailing list in 2022.) > > Thanks, > John > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
