Re:What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14
by kjeetgill on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:35AM
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They recently moved to the same version model as Firefox, Chrome, and others have: Major version bump at a regular cadence. They used point releases before: there are a few Java 8 versions.
They still used to gate bigger language changes on major version releases, so upgrading point releases to major versions at a 6 month cadence let's changes roll out more as they're done.
Iiuc they're treating every third version as a candidate for LTS versions depending on your vendor. So people who for features are excited for every release, but those care for a little extra stability care about 8, 11, 14 etc.
They still used to gate bigger language changes on major version releases, so upgrading point releases to major versions at a 6 month cadence let's changes roll out more as they're done.
Iiuc they're treating every third version as a candidate for LTS versions depending on your vendor. So people who for features are excited for every release, but those care for a little extra stability care about 8, 11, 14 etc.