This does sound like some faint semblance of official support for java modders?
Which is shocking tbh. I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...
I mean, Bedrock/Java are already pretty thoroughly forked?
> And I don’t think bedrock is a fork, more like a reimplementation.
Bedrock is the C++ rewrite they did for supporting lower-resourced systems like phones and consoles. Which is why it doesn't run horribly like the Java version does but also why it has a whole bunch of differences from the Java version that may or may not be relevant (lack of mods being the primary one!)
>I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...
If that happened I have a feeling Minecraft would fork with an open source rewrite taking over on the java side.