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Re:Java 16 by krzyk on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @11:57AM (#26478517)
If you mention LTS you have to mention also vendor that provides it.

Without it the only LTS is current java version: 16 right now and 17 in 6 months.

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Re:Java 16 by looperhacks on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:58PM (#26479492)
LTS stands for long term support. Nobody provides that for java 16
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Re:Java 16 by krzyk on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:15PM (#26495638)
OpenJDK provides that for 6 months. And then 6 months for a 17, and so on.
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Re:Java 16 by lensopra on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:25PM (#26518754)
That's not "long term".
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Re:Java 16 by krzyk on Saturday March 20, 2021 @10:20AM (#26523411)
Don't look at version string, bu think java version "LATEST“. This will always have the bes support.
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Re:Java 16 by meddlepal on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:56PM (#26479446)
Huh? There's like several LTS vendors: Oracle, Amazon, and Azul to name a few.
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Re:Java 16 by krzyk on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:14PM (#26495627)
Yes, but when someone mentions LTS many think ów like Ubuntu LTS or like Linux kernel LTS versions - that is free of charge long support.

And many Java devs employers don't pay for LTS.

So ad 1 and 1 and you get a false claim that any java 11 version is an LTS, which is not true.

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