Hi All I see that the docker images generated are based "openjdk:8-jre" should we (I volunteer) to update them to "11-jre"? as both versions are supported (8 and 11) I don't see any reason why not, and will be more future proof.
Any opinions? JL On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:59 PM Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark > > That we can do with a NiFi 2 release for sure. Before then it isnt great. > > Oracles JVM is not what I see mostly in the wild any longer and we do see a > ton of Java 8 usage still. > > We can and should drop Java 8 but itll be important to do it when we cut a > lot of crud out as well. > > Thanks > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 6:03 AM Mark Bean <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd like to discuss migrating to Java 11 as the minimum required Java > > version for NiFi. We've been supporting both Java 8 and Java 11 for some > > time now. There is increased overhead in verifying builds with two > > different versions. There are some features and syntax available in Java > 11 > > which cannot be used in order for NiFi to remain compatible with both > > versions. Java 8 premier support (Oracle) runs out in one year. Java 17 - > > the next LTS version - is due out later this year. > > > > There should be plenty of lead time for users to prepare for the > > transition. So I wanted to start the discussion well in advance of when > we > > discontinue Java 8 support. And, logistically how do we best inform the > > community of upcoming changes like this? > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > >
