ActiveMQ client and server versions

[Ephemeris Lappis <ep...@gmail.com>]

Hello.

If I'm not wrong, ActiveMQ server is built and runs for JDK 8 until
version 5.16 included, and for JDK 11+ starting with 5.17.

To ensure compatibility of our applications that currently run with an
old Red-Hat Fuse AMQ 5.11, we plan to install new brokers with a
recent version 5.17.x, but can't update the application clients for
now, since all our technical stack still relies on JDK 8. A JDK
upgrade is planned for next year, but will probably be a progressive
work$.

What would be your advice about using a client version 5.16.x for JDK
8 based applications ? Is there any risk of breaking change ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

Re: ActiveMQ client and server versions

[Ephemeris Lappis <ep...@gmail.com>]

Hello.

Thanks for your answer. I've tested it, and it seems to work.
Indeed I was thinking this could not be a real risk with such a small
gap between versions, but I always prefer to ask experts.

Thanks again.

Regards.

Le lun. 26 déc. 2022 à 16:13, Matt Pavlovich <ma...@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> 5.16.x is *really* similar to 5.17.x right now. Especially with the clients. You should be fine for a while.
>
> -Matt
>
> > On Dec 26, 2022, at 2:36 AM, Ephemeris Lappis <ep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > If I'm not wrong, ActiveMQ server is built and runs for JDK 8 until
> > version 5.16 included, and for JDK 11+ starting with 5.17.
> >
> > To ensure compatibility of our applications that currently run with an
> > old Red-Hat Fuse AMQ 5.11, we plan to install new brokers with a
> > recent version 5.17.x, but can't update the application clients for
> > now, since all our technical stack still relies on JDK 8. A JDK
> > upgrade is planned for next year, but will probably be a progressive
> > work$.
> >
> > What would be your advice about using a client version 5.16.x for JDK
> > 8 based applications ? Is there any risk of breaking change ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards.
>

Re: ActiveMQ client and server versions

[Matt Pavlovich <ma...@gmail.com>]

5.16.x is *really* similar to 5.17.x right now. Especially with the clients. You should be fine for a while.

-Matt

> On Dec 26, 2022, at 2:36 AM, Ephemeris Lappis <ep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> If I'm not wrong, ActiveMQ server is built and runs for JDK 8 until
> version 5.16 included, and for JDK 11+ starting with 5.17.
> 
> To ensure compatibility of our applications that currently run with an
> old Red-Hat Fuse AMQ 5.11, we plan to install new brokers with a
> recent version 5.17.x, but can't update the application clients for
> now, since all our technical stack still relies on JDK 8. A JDK
> upgrade is planned for next year, but will probably be a progressive
> work$.
> 
> What would be your advice about using a client version 5.16.x for JDK
> 8 based applications ? Is there any risk of breaking change ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards.