[arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

[Olli]

On 15.09.18 18:15, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:
> On 15/09/2018 14:22, Olli wrote:
> > Each new version is replacing the previous one so that there is
> > always only one (the latest) supported version.
> 
> I think there are technically two supported releases, a long-term- and
> short-term-supported release. The current LTS is OpenJDK 8, the next
> LTS will be (IIRC) OpenJDK 11, with intervening versions being STS.

LTS versions are only provided by Oracle for their JDK, not for the
OpenJDK. This graphic explains it quite well:
https://medium.com/codefx-weekly/no-free-java-lts-version-b850192745fb