LTS releases and JEP 182: Policy for Retiring javac -source and -target Options ?

[Andrew Leonard]

Hi,
Does anyone know if this JEP will be modified to cater for the shorter 
release cycles and LTS releases?
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8046172
The original Impact statement stated: "but even with this new policy 
source code 10 or more years old should still be able to be compiled"
however now, for example with JDK12 this policy will only support 1+3 = 
12, 11, 10, 9, which means LTS JDK8 would not be recognised?
"1+3" is essentially only 18 months now!

Thoughts? or is there a new JEP I have missed that covers this?

Thanks
Andrew


Andrew Leonard
Java Runtimes Development
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