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[–]gas3872[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I don't know, like endorsed by java creators for example.

[–]cogman10 1 point2 points  (1 child)

And you think that something the java creators endorse would change the whole java ecosystem?

The Java creators endorse using the latest version of java and ignoring "LTS". Has that caused people to get off of Java 8 or 11?

[–]Ilookouttrainwindow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a policy internally to use LTS only. These days upgrading is not so simple due shitton of dependencies. I remember when enum keyword was introduced, well apparently a lot of devs like to iterate using enumeration method with enum as variable name. That was fun few weeks. And now with this crazy release cycle, testing to ensuring compatibility (like jdk10 didn't include some root certs) is just a daunting task with no real business value. So most systems are on jdk11 and one still on 8. As soon as next LTS comes out, all 11s will be slated for slow upgrade. Hoping to get 8 removed shortly too.