[arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

[ProgAndy]

Am 19.09.18 um 13:41 schrieb Olli:
> On 19.09.18 10:41, Leandro Papi via arch-general wrote:
>> The fact that Java 10 replaces Java 9 is a call made by Oracle, as
>> described in their roadmap
>> (https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html)
>> [...]Java SE 9 was a non‑LTS release and immediately superseded by
>> Java SE 10 (also non‑LTS), Java SE 10 in turn is immediately
>> superseded by Java SE 11[...]
> What you describe here is not “Java” (which is a specification) and also
> not OpenJDK but only Oracle JDK. It is a policy of the Oracle JDK
> implementation but has nothing to do with Java itself. The OpenJDK
> implementation of Java does not use anything like LTS, there will only
> be the latest version which is a new one every six month (since
> OpenJDK 9).
>
> Since the Oracle JDK is not in the official Arch Linux repos but only
> the OpenJDK there is no need to talk about LTS on this mailing list at
> all.
>
> Regards,
> Olli

There are LTS releases planned by AdoptOpenJDK, though. For now, Java 8
and Java 11 are declared as supported until at least 2022 [1]. These
versions may be of interest for Arch Linux.


Regards,
Andreas

[1]: https://adoptopenjdk.net/support.html