Hi,
Why do you not use the most up to date Java? Everything I have read says it is a big mistake not to have the most up to date version of a program, especially Java.
Obviously, Ancestris is not online. However, all my other programs which are online will be using whatever Java I have installed.
You can always use a separate installation of Java for Ancestris.
We don't use the last version of Java (Java 11 by the way and not 10) because Oracle has changed a lot of things in Java, including the license terms and funding.
Actually, Java 8 is still updated by Oracle for the security breach, not Java 9 nor Java 10. (
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html public update until December 2020)
Oracle has also changed and modularized Java and didn't release Netbeans corresponding to the last versions of Java.
Ancestris is based on Netbeans (basically Ancestris is a bunch of Netbeans plug-ins).
The first stable version of Netbeans for Java 11 has been release in January 2019 :
https://jaxenter.com/apache-netbeans-10-0-jdk-11-154014.htmlWe have lot of work to do to upgrade Ancestris to last version of Java, we work on it, but we couldn't say when the work will be done, we are a small team of volunteer.
So until then, Java 8 is our only option.
Regards,
Zurga