What does LTS mean for OpenJDK?

[dalibor topic]

On 07.09.2018 00:54, Ed Munoz wrote:
> The responses on this thread have helped to clarify the situation 
> regarding OpenJDK 11 and later. (Thank you!)
> 
> I have similar questions regarding OpenJDK 8.
> 
> Dalibor Topic’s post below says:
> 
>  > A similar transition [of maintainers] would also happen for OpenJDK 8 
> Updates after January 2019, assuming that a suitable Project Lead steps 
> forward to carry on the maintenance work led by Oracle developers since 
> 2014.
> 
> Questions:
> 

> 
> 2) Will Oracle’s expected announcement on "End of maintenance & 
> invitation for new maintainers" for JDK 8 be posted on this (jdk-dev) 
> mailing list? 

No.

> Or on jdk8u-dev? 

Yes.

> 5) Let’s expand Jack Shirazi’s post about JDK 11 support to include JDK 
> 8. Is this a reasonable statement of what is expected to happen with 
> security updates?
> 
> Assume it is less than 6 months since the release of JDK 12 (say, July 
> 2019), and Oracle announces a security update to Java.
> 
> - Oracle would apply that to their paid-for Oracle Java 12 build (and 
> possibly to some paid-for Oracle Java back versions).

As before, Oracle's CPU schedule is available here: 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html 
and the support roadmap is available here: 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html .

Based on these documents, you can determine which Oracle Java SE 
releases receive a Critical Patch Update on July 16th, 2019.

> - Oracle would also apply it to the OpenJDK Java 12 build.

As with OpenJDK 6, OpenJDK 7 Updates, OpenJDK 8 Updates, OpenJDK 9 and 
OpenJDK 10, the applicable changes in the corresponding Oracle CPU 
release are applied to all Oracle-led OpenJDK update releases as well.

> - Oracle would NOT apply it the latest OpenJDK Java 11 build.

At this point in time, that's not possible to say with confidence for a 
given date six months after JDK 11 GA. I think the phrase 'at least six 
months of updates' has come up in this thread a couple of times already.

We are currently winding down JDK 10 Updates maintenance in the JDK 
Updates Project, per 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-updates-dev/2018-July/000143.html 
.

At some point in time after JDK 11 is released, a mail like 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-updates-dev/2018-May/000128.html 
will be sent out to the jdk-updates-dev mailing list, outlining Oracle's 
plans for further contributions regarding that particular release.

So in short, if you want to know when Oracle will stop contributing 
changes to JDK 11 updates in OpenJDK, please subscribe to the 
jdk-updates-dev mailing list, and monitor it for updates.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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