Future plans for netty version?

[aistisdev]

Are there any plans to update to a newer netty version (that does not use sun.misc.Unsafe::allocateMemory) in the future? Not a problem right now, but from what I understand post jdk 26 this will not work anymore, so could be a pain to have to replace this library with something else when the time comes.

[pratikrath126]

Hey @aistisdev, that's a good question. Netty 4.1 has been the stable choice for quite a while, but it's always interesting to see if projects are looking towards Netty 5 or keep following the 4.x lifecycle. Given this is a Modbus implementation, stability is probably key. It'll be great to hear what the maintainers have planned!

[kevinherron]

Netty 4.2 is an easy upgrade if it comes to that.