What do we think about bumping min jdk to 11 for k...
# kotest-contributorss
sam
02/01/2025, 7:42 PMWhat do we think about bumping min jdk to 11 for kotest 6? There's a library I want to use that's only available on java 11, and you can run your tests on 11 but compile to 8 if you really want anyway.
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Emil Kantis
02/01/2025, 7:52 PMDo it
Emil Kantis
02/01/2025, 7:52 PMIsn’t 8 end of life since ages ago? :)
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sam
02/01/2025, 8:01 PMyeah basically, you can pay for support from oracle to 2030
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Adam S
02/01/2025, 8:26 PMwhat's the library for?
Adam S
02/01/2025, 8:26 PMin case it's relevant, Gradle 9 will require JDK 17
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sam
02/01/2025, 8:36 PMWiremock
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Adam S
02/02/2025, 9:37 AMwould Java 11 help with anything else?
Adam S
02/02/2025, 9:37 AMdevil's advocate: why not Java 17 instead of Java 11?
For Oracle, both 8 and 11 have the same status https://endoflife.date/oracle-jdk, but 17 is still supported
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sam
02/02/2025, 7:17 PMI guess 11 is just less surface area for people to say "but we're using 11 and now it doesn't work" even though using 17 and compiling back to 11 is easy.
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Vampire
08/01/2025, 6:58 AMIsn’t 8 end of life since ages ago? :)
yeah basically, you can pay for support from oracle to 2030
No! Why do people keep saying the non-sense that Java 8 is end of life? The times when Oracle dictated when a Java version is end of life are long gone, Oracle is just one of many distribution providers. The latest Temurin 8 Hotfix for example was released one week ago and it will be maintained at least until November 2026.
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