New informational JEP: 14: The Tip & Tail Model of Library Development

[Alex Buckley]

On 10/22/2024 11:42 AM, Karsten Silz wrote:
> Non-LTS Java versions get patch releases, too, such as 19.0.1 or 22.0.2 
> – see https://www.java.com/releases/matrix <https://www.java.com/ 
> releases/matrix>. These are tip releases.

Every tip release of the JDK (e.g., "19") has a tail train forked from 
it. Here's the wiki for JDK 19's tail train, which consisted of two tail 
releases: https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/JDKUpdates/JDK+19u

Some tip releases of the JDK have a tail train which consists of many 
tail releases. Here's the wiki for JDK 17's tail train: 
https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/JDKUpdates/JDK+17u

There's lots of info about tail trains in the JDK Updates Project: 
https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk-updates/

Alex