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Virgo support for java 9 [message #1779179] Wed, 03 January 2018 15:47 Go to next message
Nadeesh T V is currently offline Nadeesh T VFriend
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Hi,
I am not sure whether this question is asked already, I could not find any link.
Is virgo planned to support java 9?

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Re: Virgo support for java 9 [message #1779445 is a reply to message #1779179] Mon, 08 January 2018 06:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
daniel marthaler is currently offline daniel marthalerFriend
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Hi Nadeesh

We are currently in the process of upgrading to latest Equinox for the next release. When this is done we can move on to support Java 9.

Regards,
Dani

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Re: Virgo support for java 9 [message #1782029 is a reply to message #1779445] Fri, 16 February 2018 09:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GianMaria Romanato is currently offline GianMaria RomanatoFriend
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Bare in mind however that

  • Java 9 modularity imposes some visibility constraints on packages that will force you to either make all of your modules public or to switch off modularity entirely using the encapsulation kill switch --permit-illegal-access [1] otherwise all annotation-based Java EE specs (JPA, JAX-RS etc) will not work in Java 9
  • Starting from 2018 Oracle will switch to a new versioning scheme and a new release process [2] that mimics Ubuntu, and which will contain 2 releases per year and one Long Term Release every 2 years. Java 9 will reach end-of-life in March 2018 when Java 18.03 will be released. 18.03 will reach end-of-life in September when Java 18.09 will be released, and 18.09 will be the first Long Term Support release of Java.
  • Because of the above two points IBM advised at EclipseCon Europe 2017 that IBM / RED Hat will not be supporting Java 9 on their Application Server before 18.09 and due to the first point, they recommend every software vendor to stay away from Java 9 on the server before 18.09.


[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-March/011763.html
[2] https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/09/Java6Month

Giamma

Edit: added a reference to the Java 9 mailing list describing the kill switch. Added a reference to the new release model and corrected wrong numbering

[Updated on: Fri, 16 February 2018 09:38]

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Re: Virgo support for java 9 [message #1793408 is a reply to message #1779179] Tue, 07 August 2018 17:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jay Hamilton is currently offline Jay HamiltonFriend
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What is the latest on the move to Java 9? Oracle has decided to require a commercial license for updates to version 8 after 2019?

[Updated on: Tue, 07 August 2018 17:05]

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Re: Virgo support for java 9 [message #1801785 is a reply to message #1793408] Sat, 26 January 2019 22:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Anti Alman is currently offline Anti AlmanFriend
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Given how the new java versioning and releases are planned to work i believe that it would be better to jump straight to supporting Java SE 11 (18.9 LTS) if possible.

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Re: Virgo support for java 9 [message #1817005 is a reply to message #1779179] Wed, 13 November 2019 15:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
venki j is currently offline venki jFriend
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Please post the time line for supporting Java 9+ in Virgo. It is good to know even if there are no plans in the near future..

thank you.

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Re: Virgo support for java 9 [message #1817018 is a reply to message #1817005] Thu, 14 November 2019 06:41 Go to previous message
Florian Waibel is currently offline Florian WaibelFriend
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Hi,

thanks for your interest in the future of Virgo.

Our main focus currently is to prepare the ground for "Upgrade Equinox to v3.12"[1] a prerequisite for the 9+ upgrade.
Meanwhile Felix is already looking into issues like "Replace endorsed standards override mechanism"[2].

You can track the progress in Gerrit: https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/q/project:virgo/org.eclipse.virgo.root

Regards,
florian

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=516412
[2] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=546942

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