"*more* recent" does not mean "*the most* recent"

fivea · on Dec 25, 2021

> "more recent" does not mean "the most recent"

JDK17 is the latest LTS release.

The previous LTS release was JDK11, which is already shipped with IntelliJ.

What, exactly, are you trying to argue?

gjvc · on Dec 25, 2021

What, exactly, are you trying to argue?

Disingenuous HN snark never stops; (re-)read the whole thread to find out what you've missed.

dmitriid · on Dec 25, 2021

You literally write:

> Try running their products on a more recent JVM.

> ...

> while the policy of sticking with a version 11 JDK is to the detriment of users on other platforms.

The answer is, quote: "JDK17 is the latest LTS release. The previous LTS release was JDK11, which is already shipped with IntelliJ."

What exactly do you want of JetBrains?

5e92cb50239222b · on Dec 25, 2021

Interim releases receive only 6 months of support. They'd have to switch the runtime version mid-flight, or leave users with an unsupported runtime, or dedicate a ton of resources to supporting JDK themselves (in addition to all the patches they do now).