Red Hat Takes Over Maintenance of OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11 From Oracle

'Red Hat is taking over maintenance responsibilities for OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11 from Oracle,' reports InfoWorld:

Red Hat will now oversee bug fixes and security patches for the two older releases, which serve as the basis for two long-term support releases of Java. Red Hat's updates will feed into releases of Java from Oracle, Red Hat, and other providers... Previously, Red Hat led the OpenJDK 6 and OpenJDK 7 projects. Red Hat is not taking over OpenJDK 9 or OpenJDK 10, which were short-term releases with a six-month support window.

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