OpenJDK upgrades

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Hello,
I observe that the version of openjdk installed on Tumbleweed is version 11.0.28.0-4.1.
If I’m not mistaken, the latest version of Java Openjdk should be version 25.0.0.0-2.1.

I have the following questions :

  1. Why are JAVA Openjdk versions not automatically upgraded during Tumbleweed updates (sudo zypper dup) ?
  2. How to upgrade OpenJDK ?
  3. Is it important to do systematic upgrades of openjdk? Can we automate these upgrades?

Thank you for your answers.
Thierry

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sudo zypper in java-25-openjdk

OpenJDK 21 is fully supported. There is no defined EOL date yet. So if you want a newer version, the user/admin needs to install newer versions as described above. You can install different openJDK versions side by side. There is no removal of v21 if you install v25.

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Thank you for this information.