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The vast majority of JDK-using packages have been upgraded to JDK11, with only a couple remaining. Once these packages are upgraded to JDK11, or deprecated if an upgrade is impossible, JDK8 will have no obstacles to eventual deprecation once it becomes EOL. To be absolutely clear, **Solus is not deprecating JDK8 until it either becomes EOL (2023 at the earliest) or becomes an obstacle to other updates.** This task serves as a goal for getting our entire Java-using software stack onto JDK11 for consistency, not as a guideline for acceleration of JDK8 deprecation. ##### Remaining JDK11-Incompatible Packages [] icedtea-web - Doesn't build against JDK 11 as of version 1.8.4 [] jitsi - Doesn't build against JDK 11 as of version 5633 [] jabref - No stable version builds against JDK 11. Latest 4.x builds against JDK 10, latest 5.x builds against JDK 14

The vast majority of JDK-using packages have been upgraded to JDK 11, with only a couple remaining. Once these packages are upgraded to JDK 11, or deprecated if an upgrade is impossible, JDK 8 will have no obstacles to eventual deprecation once it becomes EOL. To be absolutely clear, **Solus is not deprecating JDK 8 until it either becomes EOL (2023 at the earliest) or becomes an obstacle to other updates.** This task serves as a goal for getting our entire Java-using software stack onto JDK 11 for consistency, not as a guideline for acceleration of JDK 8 deprecation. ##### Remaining JDK 11-Incompatible Packages [] icedtea-web - Doesn't build against JDK 11 as of version 1.8.4 - May build against JDK 11 with version 2.0, which is actively in development and appears to be quite close to completion [] jitsi - Doesn't build against JDK 11 as of version 5633 - Candidate for deprecation—webRTC implementation exists and is more actively developed [] jabref - No stable version builds against JDK 11. Latest 4.x builds against JDK 10, latest 5.x builds against JDK 13+ - Should be evaluated for deprecation due to actively moving JVM build target. May require shipping prebuilt binary otherwise

The vast majority of JDK-using packages have been upgraded to JDK 11, with only a couple remaining. Once these packages are upgraded to JDK 11, or deprecated if an upgrade is impossible, JDK 8 will have no obstacles to eventual deprecation once it becomes EOL. To be absolutely clear, **Solus is not deprecating JDK 8 until it either becomes EOL (2023 at the earliest) or becomes an obstacle to other updates.** This task serves as a goal for getting our entire Java-using software stack onto JDK 11 for consistency, not as a guideline for acceleration of JDK 8 deprecation. ##### Remaining JDK 11-Incompatible Packages [] icedtea-web - Doesn't build against JDK 11 as of version 1.8.4 - May build against JDK 11 with version 2.0, which is actively in development and appears to be quite close to completion [] jitsi - Doesn't build against JDK 11 as of version 5633 - Candidate for deprecation—webRTC implementation exists and is more actively developed [] jabref - No stable version builds against JDK 11. Latest 4.x builds against JDK 10, latest 5.x builds against JDK 143+ - Should be evaluated for deprecation due to actively moving JVM build target. May require shipping prebuilt binary otherwise