JDK8 & 11 updates/releases

[brahmam]

Thanks a lot Bernd. These details helps.

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020, 11:10 Bernd Eckenfels, <ecki at zusammenkunft.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Since OpenJDK and especially the 8u and 11u Update projects are an
> community effort there is no definite/official answer to this. How ever
> there are a few commercial vendors behind it and they claim official
> support (to their customers) form some time in the future. You can look at
> their statements.
>
> Oracle plans to support 8 till 2022/2030 and 11 2023/2026.
> Azul announced to support 8 till 2030 and 11 2027.
> Redhat announced to support 8 till 2026 and 11 2024
> ... (SAP and IBM, Amazon,  Alibaba, Eclipse have Similiar announcements)
>
> I suspect all might prolong those deadlines if there is customer demand,
> and they will most likely continue to work in the update and security
> groups till that time (to some extend).
>
> Bottom line, without a contract you have no guarantee, but there is a high
> probability that OpenJDK 8u issues updates to at least 2026 (based on 8u
> lead comes from RH).
>
> Gruss
> Bernd
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>