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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 - Version 2.0.0 (currently in development) builds against JDK 11 with some patching [] 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 v- Version 2.0, which is active.0 (currently in development and appears to be quite close to completion) builds against JDK 11 with some patching [] 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