Java 11 support

[xbotuk]

As Java 8-10 will be obsolete very soon, GraalVM should support Java 11 also.

[dougxc]

We're working on this and aim to have it ready by the end of the year.

[renannprado]

@dougxc awesome news!

[Kindrat]

Any news, guys?

[dougxc]

We're continuing to make progress but it looks like it won't be ready as soon as I predicted.

[Kindrat]

Any ETA? Just for not to ping you too often.

[dougxc]

It's really hard to say but I think end of Feb 2019 is a safe bet.

[JAremko]

Java 11 seems really interesting for native-images since it has Epsilon GC that can be great option for short-lived CLI tools 🙀

[olpaw]

@JAremko unfortunately that's not how it works. Epsilon GC is a JVM component that cannot be built into a native-image. All native images contain a special SVM GC implementation that's entirely written in Java (necessary requirement to bake it into a native image). //CC @Peter-B-Kessler

[JAremko]

@olpaw What a pity. 😞
But thank you for clearing that up. ❤️

[mageddo]

Are you working only for java 11 support or java 12 it's also included for that release?

[christianwimmer]

We will support 11 and 12, and all future versions. There are only minor differences between 11 and 12, so that will not be much work.

[kaspernielsen]

What kind of support will there be for MethodHandles? direct method handlers only, or some way to store predefined non-direct method handles as well?