Documentation office hours - Feb 2, 2023

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2023-02-02T17:00:00Z

2023-02-02 (EU/US)

Attendees

  • Mark Waite
  • Kevin Martens
  • Bruno Verachten

Agenda

  • Action items
  • Weekly 2.389
    • Successful, next week will be 2.390
  • LTS release 2.375.3
    • Changelog & upgrade guide aligned with all backports, merged
    • Release will occur on February 8 2023
    • Next LTS baseline has been selected (2.387)
  • FOSDEM this weekend
    • Thanks to those going & representing Jenkins
  • Debian 12 without JDK 11
    • OpenJDK 17 will be available for Debian 12 when it releases in April or May 2023
    • OpenJDK 11 will not be available as a package for Debian 12
    • Docs SIG has decided that beginning at the release of Debian 12,
      • Switch to document Linux installs with Java 17, not Java 11
      • Should we also change the Windows instructions at the same time?
        • Yes
    • JDK 17 is already fully supported with Jenkins (has been since at least 2.346.1)
    • Upcoming, Jenkins will eventually stop supporting Java 11
      • No date is set for end of Java 11 support
      • Not likely to drop JDK 11 until 2024
    • Platform SIG asked, “Should we more clearly describe our use of Eclipse Temurin?”
      • Jenkins containers intentionally use Eclipse Temurin
        • Multi-platform, usable in all containers we support
        • Needs adding to documentation
          • Installation, blog post (?)
        • How to install JDK11 on Bookworm (Debian 12)
  • GSoC
    • Application will be submitted in a couple days
    • Project ideas have been updated to Published
    • Mentor applications are still open at this time, will be closing soon
    • Massive thanks to all the mentors and participants that have signed up already!
  • Pull requests of note