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

[Olli]

On 19.09.18 10:41, Leandro Papi via arch-general wrote:
> The fact that Java 10 replaces Java 9 is a call made by Oracle, as
> described in their roadmap
> (https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html)
> [...]Java SE 9 was a non‑LTS release and immediately superseded by
> Java SE 10 (also non‑LTS), Java SE 10 in turn is immediately
> superseded by Java SE 11[...]

What you describe here is not “Java” (which is a specification) and also
not OpenJDK but only Oracle JDK. It is a policy of the Oracle JDK
implementation but has nothing to do with Java itself. The OpenJDK
implementation of Java does not use anything like LTS, there will only
be the latest version which is a new one every six month (since
OpenJDK 9).

Since the Oracle JDK is not in the official Arch Linux repos but only
the OpenJDK there is no need to talk about LTS on this mailing list at
all.

Regards,
Olli