On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 18:37:40 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This PR bumps the minimum version of the JDK needed to run JavaFX to JDK 24. > > In order for JavaFX to be able to use more recent JDK features, we should > increase the minimum version of the JDK that can run the latest JavaFX. > Additionally, there is an ongoing cost to keeping JavaFX buildable and > runnable on older versions of Java, and little reason to continue to do so. > > This continues our current practice of setting the minimum JDK for JavaFX N > to JDK N-2. JavaFX N is primarily intended for use with JDK N and we also > build and test it against JDK N-1 (which is typically what we use as the boot > JDK). Anything older than that, including the proposed minimum JDK N-2 (24 in > this specific case), is untested. > > This PR targeted to JavaFX 26, and must not be backported to any earlier > version. This needs a CSR and a release note. Nice step forward. Makes sense to also update the minimum required Gradle version. ------------- Marked as reviewed by mhanl (Committer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1883#pullrequestreview-3195659683
