Java 11 is out on Sept., 25 and makes Java 8, 9 and 10 obsolete. Java 8, 9, and 10 will no longer receive security patches/updates beginning in January 2019. Organizations have the option to pay Oracle for patches in order to stay on Java 8.
Oracle is changing its release cycle and licensing for Java SE (which is no more as off 11). Java SE is rebranded to Oracle java and is an LTS release requiring paid licenses per processor running java 11. Fee is $25 per processor. LTS means fewer upgrades, but does receive security patches. Oracle will continue to contribute to OpenJDK. However, the OpenJDK releases will come every six month and are called "Major" releases. Each release making the previous obsolete with zero security patches/updates applied to previous versions. All of this sounds really bad, however, the "major" versions that will come from OpenJDK are more akin to going from 8->8u20->8u40 than from Java 7 to Java 8. So the biggest hurdle is simply aligning project releases with OpenJDK release cadences. This implies building to release candidates prior to bi-annual JDK release testing and releasing. If your organization doesn't want to pay for Oracle Java your org will have to upgrade Java versions every six months. While we can easily manage our own code base, dependencies such as Samza are key to our business and difficult to control. Below are links related to this topic I found while doing research. If anyone can comes to different conclusions please share. I do have testing Samza on Java 11 in our backlog. I will likely get to this in our next sprint. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/price-lists/java-se-subscription-pricelist-5028356.pdf http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/overview/javasesubscriptionfaq-4891443.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/update-and-faq-on-the-java-se-release-cadence https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/a-quick-summary-on-the-new-java-se-subscription http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/javasesubscription-data-sheet-4891969.pdf https://www.infoq.com/presentations/java-10-11 Jeremiah Adams Software Engineer www.helixeducation.com<http://www.helixeducation.com/> Blog<http://www.helixeducation.com/blog/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/HelixEducation> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/HelixEducation> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/3609946>
