Moving the JDK to a Two Year LTS Cadence

Posted on September 14, 2021

The release of JDK 17 is a perfect time to reflect on the release cadence introduced several years ago and make any course corrections for the future. Developers and organizations have had time to adjust from the “massive change every few years” model to the more digestible six-month release cadence. While recent developer surveys show six-month (non-LTS) releases being used by between a quarter and half of developers surveyed, only about half of those note their use is in production...

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