Red Hat is taking on upkeep duties for OpenJDK Eight and OpenJDK 11 from Oracle. Red Hat will now oversee bug fixes and safety patches for the 2 older releases, which function the premise for 2 long-term help releases of Java.
Red Hat’s updates will feed into releases of Java from Oracle, Red Hat, and different suppliers. Oracle launched JDK (Java Development Kit) 8, primarily based on OpenJDK 8, in March 2014 whereas JDK 11, primarily based on OpenJDK 11, arrived in September 2018. Previously, Red Hat led the OpenJDK 6 and OpenJDK 7 initiatives. Red Hat isn’t taking on OpenJDK 9 or OpenJDK 10, which had been short-term releases with a six-month help window.
Users shouldn’t count on any radical additions to OpenJDK Eight or OpenJDK 11, as new or experimental options solely go into the most recent model of normal Java. The present model of normal Java, JDK 12, was launched final month. The subsequent model, which might be primarily based on OpenJDK 13, is anticipated to be accomplished in September, with Oracle set to launch JDK 13.
Red Hat in December introduced business help for OpenJDK on Windows. The firm’s Java plans additionally embrace launching OpenJDK in a Microsoft installer in coming weeks and distributing IcedTea-Web, a free software program implementation of the Java Web Start device for operating Java purposes from the online. IcedTea Web might be a part of the Windows OpenJDK distribution.
