From Java 8 to Java 11 in a Regulated Environment: What Actually Broke

Java 11 was the first long-term support release after Java 8. Oracle’s announcement that commercial Java 8 support would end pushed the bank’s architecture committee to approve a migration. In theory: update the JDK, update the build files, done. In practice: six months of discovery. This is a frank account of what broke. ...

November 8, 2017 · 5 min · MW
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