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Re:Which version of JDK should I use? by krzyk on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:40AM (#28826153)
But if you don't buy LTS you won't get it.

And many companies are cheap and don't buy - hence using JDK 17 won't give you LTS, buying support gives you LTS.

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Re:Which version of JDK should I use? by dikei on Monday October 11, 2021 @07:07AM (#28826990)
JDK 11 is now at 11.0.12, which was released in July, and you can get it for free from multiple vendors.

Non-LTS JDK doesn't have anything after 6 months.

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Re:Which version of JDK should I use? by krzyk on Monday October 11, 2021 @08:30AM (#28827584)
After 6 months you move to the next release, just like most people do with libraries, JDK is just another library, no need to worry about upgrading, just do normal regression like with upgrades of other libs. There are no major releases of JDK, all current ones are minor ones - just like in case of JDK 8 you got new features in minor releases (e.g. change in changing of toString, added classes in standard library - no one was worried about that then)

And BTW. Azul MTS want's to have a word with you: https://www.azul.com/products/azul-support-roadmap/

e.g. JDK 13 and 15 do get builds.

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