Azul distribution support

[jlerbsc]

Hi, Can you confirm that the azul distribution has removed versions 9, 10, 12 and 14 from their official API version?

[aparnajyothi-y]

Hello @jlerbsc, Thank you for creating this issue and we will get back to you once we have some feedback.

[mahabaleshwars]

Hi @jlerbsc, currently, the Azul distribution supports versions 8, 11, 17, 21, and 22 only. All other versions have been removed from their official website. I've included a screenshot for your reference.

[jlerbsc]

Thank you for your reply. We're going to migrate the Javaparser project to another distribution.

[ppetrosh]

Java versions 9, 10, 12, and 14 are EOL in OpenJDK; neither the OpenJDK community nor any vendors, like Azul, release updates for them. These are so-called STS (short-term support) versions, supported by the community only for six months. Azul generally supports more Java versions and for a longer time than OpenJDK: https://www.azul.com/products/azul-support-roadmap/ (for example, see the extended production support for Java 6 and 7).

Given that Java 9, 10, 12, and 14 have not received security updates for years, they should only be used for testing purposes, and it's not recommended that they be deployed to production environments.

However, Azul keeps them available for download from the webpage and through the APIs. Please toggle the "Include older versions" switch on the download page https://www.azul.com/downloads/?package=jdk&show-old-builds=true#zulu and check the metadata download APIs: https://api.azul.com/metadata/v1/docs/swagger