OpenJDK End Of Life / End Of Security Updates

[Joseph Darcy]

Hello,

On 1/8/2013 10:43 PM, Bernie E. Hoefer wrote:
>       Hello.  I'm seeking clarification of something I just read[1]:
>
> =+=+=+=+=+
> } Security fixes for OpenJDK 6 from Oracle will continue at
> } least through the EOL of JDK 6 train by Oracle. For more
> } information on Oracle's "Java SE and Java for Business
> } Support Roadmap", please visit its web page.
> =+=+=+=+=+
>
>       The web page which that paragraph references[2] mentions both a commercial "Premier Support" for Java SE 6 ending December 2013 and an "Extended Support" ending December 2016.  I assume "the EOL of JDK 6 train" means when JDK 6 hits the end of its extended support (December 2016).  Is that correct?

No.

>       Thank you for the clarification on OpenJDK 6's EOL.
>
> [1]<http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/qanda.html>
> [2]<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html>
>
>

As we announced as FOSDEM 2011 [3], security patches from Oracle for 
OpenJDK 6 will continue through the "EOL" of Java SE 6 as defined by the 
"End of Public Updates" date, which for Java SE 6 is February 2013.  
Therefore, OpenJDK 6 will get one more round of security updates and 
then be wound down.

Long live JDK 7!

-Joe

[3] http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/resource/FOSDEM/FOSDEM-2011-OpenJDK6.pdf