tweaks to JDK 17 blog post

Author: SethTisue

_posts/2025-03-05-next-scala-lts-jdk.md.md

@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ title: "JDK 17 will be the next minimum version required by Scala 3"
 by: Tomasz Godzik, VirtusLab & Scala Core Team
 ---
 
-We recently asked for community input about changing the JDK version used by the
-Scala 3 compiler. We wanted to thank everyone for their input and announce the
+We recently asked for community input on changing the JDK version used by the
+Scala 3 compiler. We now thank everyone for their input and announce the
 decision to switch to JDK 17 as the new minimum, starting with Scala 3.8 minor
 and the subsequent new LTS which will mostly likely be Scala 3.9.
 
-The discussion didn't uncover any compelling reason not to leave JDK 11 behind.
+Our reasoning for dropping 8 was presented in this [previous blog
+post](https://www.scala-lang.org/blog/next-scala-lts.html).
+
+The discussion on whether to also drop 11 didn't uncover any compelling reason not to leave JDK 11 behind.
 11 is now nearly as antiquated as 8, and moving from 11 to 17 is not normally considered a
 difficult upgrade for users. 17 offers useful APIs and VM features. In the JVM
 world, requiring 17+ is already a mainstream position and is becoming more so
@@ -19,12 +22,16 @@ we should take this chance to aid open-source maintainers by reducing the
 testing and maintenance burden across the entire Scala 3 tooling and library
 ecosystems as much as we reasonably can.
 
+The open discussion that led to this decision can be found at the
+[Scala contributors forum](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/next-scala-3-lts-version-will-increase-minimum-required-jdk-version).
+
+## What about Scala 3.3 LTS?
+
 This change only concerns future minor versions of Scala 3. In particular, the
 Scala 3.3 LTS line is unaffected by this change. Scala 3.3.x releases will
 continue for at least a year after the new LTS line begins.
 
+## What about Scala 2?
+
 There are no plans to change Scala 2’s JDK support.  It will continue
 being built using JDK 8, as before.
-
-The open discussion that led to this decision can be found at the
-[Scala contributors forum](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/next-scala-3-lts-version-will-increase-minimum-required-jdk-version).