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So they went from 8 to 11 ?

mdasen 8y ago
Java 9 and 10 were released. Java has moved to a time-based release schedule where they release what is ready for each release rather than having things block releases forever. Every third release is a long-term-support release. It's similar to Ubuntu where they release every 6 months, but then there's an LTS release that many people will wait for.
- Freak_NL 8y ago
  So yeah, in essence Java went from 8 to 11 if you look at it as a sequence of major releases such as 5, 6, 7, 8, and now 11. I think a lot of developers skipped/will skip Java 9 and 10 (Java 9 is already unsupported and effectively history), except for testing their builds and preparing for the Java 8 to 11 migration.
  - executesorder66 8y ago
    Java 9 was a major release. Project jigsaw (introducing modules) was a major change and blocker. Once they got that out of the way they changed the release cycle, which is why java 10 was released soon after java 9. So they actually just went from 9 to 11, going by your logic.
    - wink 8y ago
      Java 9 had some weird issues that at least in the Clojure world many people skipped it.
      - needusername 8y ago
        Clojure relied on many quirky hacks like putting clojure on the boot classpath and accessing JDBC from there which broke in Java 9.
    - ivan_gammel 8y ago
      It was a major release in terms of features and platform architecture, but it was not in terms of adoption. Project jigsaw at this moment is a blocker for upgrade from Java 8 - majority of developers will move from it only when it sees the ecosystem ready for that step. Now it's not - due to plenty of major libraries and tools that didn't even start the migration or still have "alpha" in their version numbers.
      - Freak_NL 8y ago
        Also Java 9 and 10 aren't LTS-releases, which in turn causes the ecosystem to ignore them largely, because they'll be buried and forgotten by the time they're ready for Java 11.
- winterbe 8y ago
  However LTS seems not be free but restricted to premium Oracle customers, see: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.ht...
simlevesque 8y ago
Why was I downvoted for asking a question ?
- pgwhalen 8y ago
  Probably because of the perceived snark of posing a question with an easily googleable yet clearly incorrect premise.

Java 9 and 10 were released. Java has moved to a time-based release schedule where they release what is ready for each release rather than having things block releases forever. Every third release is a long-term-support release. It's similar to Ubuntu where they release every 6 months, but then there's an LTS release that many people will wait for.

Freak_NL 8y ago
So yeah, in essence Java went from 8 to 11 if you look at it as a sequence of major releases such as 5, 6, 7, 8, and now 11. I think a lot of developers skipped/will skip Java 9 and 10 (Java 9 is already unsupported and effectively history), except for testing their builds and preparing for the Java 8 to 11 migration.
- executesorder66 8y ago
  Java 9 was a major release. Project jigsaw (introducing modules) was a major change and blocker. Once they got that out of the way they changed the release cycle, which is why java 10 was released soon after java 9. So they actually just went from 9 to 11, going by your logic.
  - wink 8y ago
    Java 9 had some weird issues that at least in the Clojure world many people skipped it.
    - needusername 8y ago
      Clojure relied on many quirky hacks like putting clojure on the boot classpath and accessing JDBC from there which broke in Java 9.
  - ivan_gammel 8y ago
    It was a major release in terms of features and platform architecture, but it was not in terms of adoption. Project jigsaw at this moment is a blocker for upgrade from Java 8 - majority of developers will move from it only when it sees the ecosystem ready for that step. Now it's not - due to plenty of major libraries and tools that didn't even start the migration or still have "alpha" in their version numbers.
    - Freak_NL 8y ago
      Also Java 9 and 10 aren't LTS-releases, which in turn causes the ecosystem to ignore them largely, because they'll be buried and forgotten by the time they're ready for Java 11.
winterbe 8y ago
However LTS seems not be free but restricted to premium Oracle customers, see: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.ht...

simlevesque 8y ago

Why was I downvoted for asking a question ?

pgwhalen 8y ago
Probably because of the perceived snark of posing a question with an easily googleable yet clearly incorrect premise.