Proposal: Newer version-string scheme for the Java SE Platform and the JDK

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2017/11/2 8:35:45 -0700, Dave Franken <dwfranken at gmail.com>:
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> Am I right in assuming that the main difference between LTS and non-LTS is
> that fixes that fall in the interim, update or emergency category are
> backported to LTS versions, but not to non-LTS versions?

Not all fixes will be backported.  Whether a fix from a later release is
backported to an LTS release will depend upon the importance and risk of
the fix.

> So currently, 11 will be a LTS version, so if there is going to be a update
> of non-LTS version 12.0 to 12.1, there will also be an 11.1, but not a 10.1?

No.  JDK 11 will be an LTS release.  Fixes from later releases, of any
type, may be backported to JDK 11 update releases (11.0.1, 11.0.2, ...).
If a fix in JDK 12.0.$N is backported to a JDK 11 update release then
the version number of that update release need not be 11.0.$N.

There will never be a JDK 10.1, 11.1, or 12.1 with the six-month release
model, but there could be at some point in the future if we revise the
model again.

- Mark