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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by paulddraper on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:56PM (#16317986)
> The new Java release train means that there will be a new release of Java every six months. And when the next release comes out, the previous release is obsolete.

> In practical terms it means that there are no more security updates from Oracle.

What?!? If I have Java 9, I have to upgrade the day Java 10 is released to be secure? I have to do major (i.e. feature breaking) upgrades to get security updates?

How is this a sane policy, and how many people are going to be running unpatched Java versions?

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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by kgoutham93 on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @01:59PM (#16318516)
To be fair I think Oracle allows for 3-4 month overlapping period between versions.
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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @05:45PM (#16320654)
Per Oracle's own EOL notices, the overlap seems to be only for LTS versions; Java 8 LTS full support runs through January 2019 with Java 11 (18.9 LTS) scheduled for Spetember 2018. But Java 10 (18.3), GA in March 2018, support ends Spetember 2018; and Java 9 support ends March 2018.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html

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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by paulddraper on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @05:13PM (#16320409)
That would be more reasonable.

Either you or joda.org are incorrect. Let's hope it's joda.org.

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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by bitwize on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @01:24PM (#16318204)
Either patch it yourself, or pay Oracle for a support license.
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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by indemnity on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @01:47PM (#16318407)
Anyone who has had any interactions with Oracle before knows this is 100% how they operate.

They’re a machine to strip mine money out of your pockets, and they’re always looking for a new angle.

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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by jmiserez on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:08PM (#16318607)
How is a support license going to help? You’ll still have to fix your own applications yourself, Oracle is certainly not going to do that for you.
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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by tormeh on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @02:01PM (#16318537)
Sounds reasonable to me. People who expect free support on an open source product mystify me.
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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by needusername on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:12AM (#16322377)
Oracle offers support only for LTS releases. Oracle does not offer support for Java 9 and will not offer support for Java 10.
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Re:Java 9 has six weeks to live by qubex on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @01:48PM (#16318415)
Oracle? Sane? No.
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