On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 01:00:31 GMT, Thiago Milczarek Sayao <tsa...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Upgrade the minimum required GTK version for JavaFX to GTK 3.20 to enable > modern features and better Linux desktop integration. > > JavaFX currently depends on GTK 3.8, > [released](https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2013-March/msg00108.html) > in March 2013. This version is outdated and predates many useful GTK API > improvements. > > GTK 3.20 was > [released](https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2016-March/msg00026.html) > on March 21, 2016. > > Updating the GTK minimum requirement to 3.20 would enable JavaFX to support > new features, including the improvements proposed in #1605 > > Major Linux distributions already provide GTK 3.20 or newer: > - Ubuntu LTS 18.04+ (ships GTK 3.22+) > - Debian 9+ (ships GTK 3.22+) > - Fedora 24+ (ships GTK 3.20+) > - Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+ (ships GTK 3.22+) This seems like a very reasonable step. All currently supported Linux distros ship with a new enough version of GTK3 that they will be unaffected (and some out of support systems will continue to run). I note that this will preclude running on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but given that even Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is out of support, I have no concern with this (other than a personal challenge: I have a dusty old desktop that is still running 16.04 ... time to upgrade or retire that system). ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1825#issuecomment-2970366831
