[cosmolev]

I remember when Java 8 was a new hip thing: look Ma, lambdas! Or Java 5: oh wow, generics!

[mey]

Cries in current projects still on Java 8.

[Alupis]

The 8 -> 9+ transition is rough. But once you've done that, upgrading to the latest LTS is really as simple as it used to be back in the glory days.

[yardstick]

And again a pain going 11 LTS to 17 LTS with the great Java EE rename (javax to jakarta).

[vips7L]

I see people say this all the time, but I’ve never actually experienced it and I’ve done 2 upgrades from 8 to 11.

Yes they removed some stuff from the jdk, but they’re simple 1 liners in your pom to add back.

What have you run into that was a major blocker?

[stockerta]

Are we colleagues?

[ttfkam]

Java 1.1: Event listeners. No more bubbling!