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> For the rare edge case where we have to stop supporting something entirely >> because it's incompatible with a JDK release (has this happened more than >> the 1 time?) - I think a reasonable fallback is to just not backport new >> JDK support and consider carrying forward the older JDK support until the >> release w/the feature in it is EoL'ed. That'd allow us to continue to run >> in-jvm upgrade dtests between the versions on the older JDK. >> > > > This. > I think the idea of adding new major JDKs to release branches for a number > of reasons, in theory at least. … > I *like* the idea … :)
