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Big changes are coming to Java SE release cycle

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https://mreinhold.org/blog/forward-faster

<quote>
     Taking inspiration from the release models used by other platforms 
and by various operating-system distributions, I propose that after Java 
9 we adopt a strict, time-based model with a new feature release every 
six months, update releases every quarter, and a long-term support 
release every three years.

     Feature releases can contain any type of feature, including not 
just new and improved APIs but also language and JVM features. New 
features will be merged only when they’re nearly finished, so that the 
release currently in development is feature-complete at all times. 
Feature releases will ship in March and September of each year, starting 
in March of 2018.

     Update releases will be strictly limited to fixes of security 
issues, regressions, and bugs in newer features. Each feature release 
will receive two updates before the next feature release. Update 
releases will ship quarterly in January, April, July, and October, as 
they do today.

     Every three years, starting in September of 2018, the feature 
release will be a long-term support release. Updates for these releases 
will be available for at least three years and quite possibly longer, 
depending upon your vendor.
</quote>

Arne

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Big changes are coming to Java SE release cycle Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-11 18:46 -0400
  Re: Big changes are coming to Java SE release cycle Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-11 18:52 -0400
    Re: Big changes are coming to Java SE release cycle Sebastian <nowhere@nirvana.org> - 2017-09-12 23:37 +0200
      Re: Big changes are coming to Java SE release cycle Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-09-12 20:01 -0400

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