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Can't remember where I heard it, but the thought was that "big stuff" was skipped in case it created bugs that then had to be maintained for the entire LTS supp
by tikkabhuna 5y ago
Can't remember where I heard it, but the thought was that "big stuff" was skipped in case it created bugs that then had to be maintained for the entire LTS support period.
- carimura 5y agoSee my parallel comment on this philosophy. Also, it's likely we'll never see "really big stuff" in a single release as the 6-month cadence has made possible incremental changes to a larger vision. Case in point, see Project Amber [1]. [1] https://inside.java/tag/amber https://inside.java/tag/amber