OpenJdk 11 vs OpenJdk 13 Adoption

[syates at stevendyates.com]

Thank you very much Ben, this information is extremely useful :) It  
looks like Jdk 11 might be the one.

Kind Regards
S


Quoting Ben Evans <benjamin.john.evans at gmail.com>:

> Hi Steven,
>
> As part of my day job (Architect for JVM technologies at New Relic) I
> produced this report:
> https://blog.newrelic.com/technology/state-of-java/ back in March
>
> It's based on the actual observations of which JVMs our customers are
> running in production. We see data from 10s of millions of JVMs every
> day.
>
> The pattern is clear - very few companies are choosing to use the
> versions of Java that are not long-term support releases (Java 8 and
> 11 are the only LTS releases currently. Java 13 is not LTS and is
> already EOL).
>
> The numbers have moved a bit - we now see 15-20% of users running Java
> 11 and ~80% running Java 11, but the general pattern remains the same.
>
> The most popular distribution for Java 11 that provides ongoing
> updates for free is AdoptOpenJDK - https://adoptopenjdk.net/ - which
> is becoming part of the Eclipse Foundation. If you are heavy users of
> AWS you may also want to consider Amazon Corretto.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 07:27, <syates at stevendyates.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi OpenJDK Mailing list, I am reaching out as I would be interested in
>> some general advice and items for consideration when upgrading our
>> existing Java 8 adoption to either the OpenJdk 11.* or OpenJdk 13.*.
>> My manager has told me she wants to get the best value for her upgrade
>> dollars so the version of Java we choose would ideally be supported
>> for as long as possible (min 5-6 years) with bugfixes, security
>> patches etc.
>>
>> Also with OpenJDK, how does the patching process work. i.e. If a bug /
>> vulnerability is discovered, do these fixes get rolled up and
>> distributed to the major Linux distros as part of their regular
>> patching cycle? WOuld be interested in how the process works plus any
>> guidance you may have would be appreciated. Thank you kindly. :)
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Steven Yates
>>