+1 to upgrade to 21 and to set a time frame for future upgrades with LTS
On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM Suryaa Charan Shivakumar <sshiv...@ucr.edu.invalid> wrote: > +1 for the Java 21 upgrade and periodic updates to the latest java version > in the future. > > - Suryaa > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM Mike Carey <dtab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 to upgrade to 21 and to set a time window for future upgrades > > > > On 1/6/25 1:19 PM, Ian Maxon wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > At the moment, on branches that are ancestors of trinity and newer, > we're > > > on Java 17. Now that 21 has been out for a while, it seems like a good > > idea > > > to upgrade to get all the latest goodies. What does everyone think? The > > > build seems to work fine on 21 without any modification. > > > > > > Furthermore, I would like to propose something going forward, that we > > > should adopt the latest LTS Java version within 6 months of it coming > out > > > going forward. This way we can be sure we do not end up getting stuck > on > > an > > > unsupported version out of inertia. > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts. > > > -Ian > > > >
