Which version of the JDK are you all targeting? F...

# library-development

[CLOVIS]

Which version of the JDK are you all targeting?

For now, I was targeting 17, but I'm getting complaints that Android is stuck on 11? Is there a consensus in the community?

[mbonnin]

There is newer version than Java 8?

[mbonnin]

Jokes aside:
• If it's a Gradle Plugin -> Java 11
• If it's a Spring thing -> Java 17
• Else -> Java8
Given that there is little to gain from targetting > 8 this gives the best compatibility

[CLOVIS]

8 ? Before Jigsaw, before Path, before Instant with nano-second precision? Nah, we had way too many problems migrating to 9, I'm not maintaining pre-9 libraries…

11 is on the table though

[Andrew O'Hara]

I often try to target 8, but as soon as I run into an issue, I go to 11

[Paulo Cereda]

One of our tools requires Java 9, so we are planning to bump our tooling to Java 11. 😉

[Ayfri]

I always target 21 since last year