[chungy]

Yep, the new rapid-release schedule. Java 8 (grandfathered) and 11 are the current LTS branches, both of which cease getting any kind of support (read: security fixes) in 2024. Java 17 will be the next LTS.

[snazz]

It seems to be a trend in software that has existed for a while to exponentially increase version numbers (see also: Firefox).

[the8472]

It's a quite linear growth, not exponential

[snazz]

But the first few numbers went by much more slowly, right?

[chrisseaton]

Exponential would be if they kept getting quicker. They've only gotten quicker once.

[rmrfrmrf]

I assumed that this was due to more products dropping vanity versioning in favor of semantic versioning. Is that not what's happening here?