Re: Rational Developer for i 9.8 hits support discontinuance 30 Apr 2026

Yes, it is.

And GitHub copilot is in the process of backporting so it will run in 4.31.

Which I was glad to see.

Steve Ferrell
Lead Software Engineer - RDi
Fortra





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Hi John,

AFAIK Eclipse 4.31 was part of the 03/2024 release - so it's about 1.5 years old.

- https://eclipse.dev/eclipse/news/4.31/

Or am I completely wrong?

Regards,
Daniel


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