docs: Blog post about JDK support in the next Scala LTS

[tgodzik]

• PR that updates https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.html appropriately by linking to this very blog post - docs: Add link to recent blogpost docs.scala-lang#3152
• make a contributors thread for discussion
• update the end of the blog post to link to the new thread

[SethTisue]

In this round, I've tried to only give substantive feedback and not nitpick the grammar and such.

Before this is published, I would like to have a second opportunity to polish the prose and the flow.

[SethTisue]

I suggest also having a second PR that also updates https://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/jdk-compatibility/overview.html appropriately — basically by linking to this very blog post.

[SethTisue]

someone already shared this on the Scala Reddit, though they withdrew it when I objected. I've marked the post as 'draft" in the hopes of discouraging wide sharing.

[tgodzik]

someone already shared this on the Scala Reddit, though they withdrew it when I objected. I've marked the post as 'draft" in the hopes of discouraging wide sharing.

It's not really a secret, but it's weird to share before being published.

[JD557]

There's one thing that bugs me about Scala dropping Java 8: It is now going to be more troublesome to distribute Scala applications to desktop users.

For example, I believe that the traditional way would be to distribute the .jar and mention "This software requires Java installed".

This is an issue as, when a user searches for "Download Java" in Google, it gets pointed to https://java.com, which provides only Java 8 binaries.
As such, end users are much more likely to have Java 8 installed in their systems.

I know that this is a niche, but maybe the blog post could have a mention to where one should download the most recent JDK and/or JRE?

[tgodzik]

There's one thing that bugs me about Scala dropping Java 8: It is now going to be more troublesome to distribute Scala applications to desktop users.

It's a good point. Maybe Scala Native or JS would be useful for those cases, but let's discuss that once I create the contributors thread before publishing the blogpost.

[He-Pin]

Hi, as actually everyone I know will just jump from Java 8 to Java 21, and our Java 17 Jvm is not well maintained too, Java 21 maybe considerable here too.

[sjrd]

A bunch of suggestions for the English grammar and phrasing. Mostly cutting long sentences into several smaller, active voice sentences.

[tgodzik]

A bunch of suggestions for the English grammar and phrasing. Mostly cutting long sentences into several smaller, active voice sentences.

Thanks! That was very thorough!

[SethTisue]

@tgodzik okay, I think we have enough Scala and Java projects in the projects lists. (I separated them into two lists.)

If the lists seem long, well.... I really think it's really good ammunition and worth having.

[SethTisue]

LGTM otherwise

[lrytz]

This looks good to me!

[tgodzik]

I will post on contributors, should I essentially copy over the contents, so that people get the full picture?

[SethTisue]

I don't see a need to copy-and-paste when you can just link to the blog post.

[SethTisue]

I pushed two commits with a number of small tweaks.

[tgodzik]

I pushed two commits with a number of small tweaks.

And I removed them by mistake 😅

I added back the changes, sorry! I will update the table in the next PR