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Yep, the new rapid-release schedule. Java 8 (grandfathered) and 11 are the current LTS branches, both of which cease getting any kind of support (read: security
by chungy 7y ago
Yep, the new rapid-release schedule. Java 8 (grandfathered) and 11 are the current LTS branches, both of which cease getting any kind of support (read: security fixes) in 2024. Java 17 will be the next LTS.
- snazz 7y agoIt seems to be a trend in software that has existed for a while to exponentially increase version numbers (see also: Firefox).
- chrisseaton 7y agoExponential would be if they kept getting quicker. They've only gotten quicker once.
- the8472 7y agoIt's a quite linear growth, not exponential
- snazz 7y agoBut the first few numbers went by much more slowly, right?
- rmrfrmrf 7y agoI assumed that this was due to more products dropping vanity versioning in favor of semantic versioning. Is that not what's happening here?