Re:What's new in Java 12, 13 and 14
by jillesvangurp on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:46AM
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Amazon Corretto and Azul are making decent efforts for this. You can also find openjdk 7 versions with some support still.
For actively developed projects, I would recommend moving to java 11 without too much delay unless you have pressing technical or business reasons not to. If it's dead code and it is not causing issues, don't mess with it too much.
The Java 8 to Java 11 upgrade is unfortunately somewhat disruptive due to the module stuff. That affects some projects that depend on JVM internals, which tends to include e.g. older versions of application servers. Upgrading those is a bigger deal usually.
For actively developed projects, I would recommend moving to java 11 without too much delay unless you have pressing technical or business reasons not to. If it's dead code and it is not causing issues, don't mess with it too much.
The Java 8 to Java 11 upgrade is unfortunately somewhat disruptive due to the module stuff. That affects some projects that depend on JVM internals, which tends to include e.g. older versions of application servers. Upgrading those is a bigger deal usually.