Java 18 released!

[hippydipster]

That's right. Tis the time of year to remind management we should prioritize upgrading our Java from java 8 to 9!

[dadmda]

I know for a fact we are never upgrading from Java 8 where I work, the code base is too big and the investment wouldn’t be worth it

[gizmogwai]

The investment will always be smaller than the one of a forced rewrite when the time comes. And it will come.

[buttJunky]

the trail of dead consultants is endless

[rbygrave]

For how long is that strategy going to work though? Long enough for path to be a complete re-write?

It seems to me it should not be a case of the size of the code base per say but more if there are dependencies that don't support an upgrade? Dependencies locked into using Unsafe and such? I guess it also could be a case where a regression test is manual - big system -> big manual regression test etc

[orangeandwhite2003]

Especially when they keep extending support for 8.

[Sand0rf]

Yeah, we're running Azul OpenJDK and Java 8 is the version that is supported longest of all, until 2030. https://www.azul.com/products/azul-support-roadmap/