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Can anyone familiar with the Java ecosystem chime in here? Is this more of a marketing ploy it are they actually releasing features at a significantly faster ra
by raybb 8y ago
Can anyone familiar with the Java ecosystem chime in here? Is this more of a marketing ploy it are they actually releasing features at a significantly faster rate?
- Hallucinaut 8y agoYes, there are new features and I would say at an accelerated rate (though slightly arbitrary). It also means features that were being punted back from releases (like modularity in jigsaw) get a chance to surface without waiting several years, which in turn allows releases to hit schedules since the downside is reduced.
- zaphirplane 8y agoYes, there is also monetisation of LTS versions which ppl seem to over see
- bitmapbrother 8y agoNew features are released every 6 months. Is there another extremely popular language with a quicker release cadence?
- sanxiyn 8y agoWhile Rust is not "extremely popular", Rust releases every 6 weeks.
- windust 8y agosure. It used to be that major releases were tied with major features. InvokeDynamic on 7, Lambdas on 8, Jigsaw on 9. So since these were the features that were expected, the release only shipped when they were fully baked. Now is on a train-release model. You get whatever is ready to ship (big features can't delay a release anymore).
- jryan49 8y agoYes, it's been getting faster and faster. We were stuck on Java 6 for 5 years and now we're getting stuff every 1-1.5 years.
- kochthesecond 8y agoJava 8/9 releases where a disaster from a organizational perspective. The quicker pace with smaller changes will hopefully help with this friction.