Dates
- As of: 2018-07
Policy
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At the time of each release, Fedora will |
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be compiled and produce artifacts that run on a publicly supported version of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). |
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Where:
Publicly supported
Where publicly supported is |
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defined as a Java version that has passed its "general availability" date |
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End of Lifed
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but has not yet reached its "end of public updates" date, as specified |
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Example 1
- Java8 was released on March, 2014.
- Java7 will be EOL'd on April, 2015.
Fedora 4 will build/run on Java7 until April, 2015. After April, 2015, Fedora 4 will require a Java8 JVM.
Example 2
In the above example, if Java9 were also (hypothetically) released on June, 2014...
- Java9 was released on June, 2014.
- Java8 was released on March, 2014.
- Java7 will be EOL'd on April, 2015.
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