Java release date and EOL summary
(This article is a multipost with Go to the horizon)
For Oracle JDK
I summarized it in the figure. Looking at this, I think that the support period of 5 to 6 years is quite long.
| First Release Date |
Final Public Release Date |
Final Public Release Veresion |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Java 1.3 | May 8, 2000 | December 2006 | Java 1.3.1 Update 20 |
| Java 1.4 | February 6, 2002 | October 2008 | Java 1.4.2 Update 19 |
| Java 5 | September 30, 2004 | October 2009 | Java 5 Update 22 |
| Java 6 | December 11, 2006 | April 2013 | Java 6 Update 45 |
| Java 7 | July 28, 2011 | April 2015 | Java 7 Update 80 |
| Java 8 | March 18, 2014 | January 2019 | Java 8 Update 201 |
| Java 9 | September 21, 2017 | March 2018 | Java 9.0.4 |
| Java 10 | March 20, 2018 | September 2018 | Java 10.0.2 |
The Final Public Release Date above is the free support period for Sun Microsystems or Oracle. [^ 1] ** If you subscribe to paid support, you can get further support. ** ** See the Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/jp/java/eol-135779-ja.html) for more information on this.
For Open JDK
Other than the Oracle JDK, each vendor has a different support period. For example, OpenJDK for RedHat Linux and CentOS will support Java 8 until June 2023 and Java 11 until October 2024, in line with the policy below.
OpenJDK Lifecycle and Support Policy
OpenJDK major versions are supported ** for a minimum of 6 years from the date Red Hat first launched. ** If the end date of the underlying RHEL platform precedes the end date of the OpenJDK version, the end date of support for the RHEL version will be the end date of support for the OpenJDK version.
Please refer to @ u-tanick and @yamadamn's materials for support policies and comparisons of each OpenJDK. Comparison of vendors providing long-term commercial support (LTS) for JDK (also mentioning free use) (@ u-tanick) How to choose the best OpenJDK distribution (@yamadamn)
[^ 1]: Confirmed as of May 2019
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