Great. What’s the danger or problems with not doing this, i.e., why not go ahead with it?
Gj On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 at 19:28, Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again, > > reminder that the windows launcher can't start on JDK 24ea still. > > I haven't really pursued it any further since there were no replies in > this discussion (and also due to time constrains), but this might block > other changes in the NB 25 release cycle. > > But I ran a quick smoke test today by combining #8009 + #7928 and could > start and use NB on windows 10 using JDK 24ea build 28. (for testing > purposes you can simply replace the launcher binaries in the netbeans > devbuild zip) > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/8009#issuecomment-2543968171 > > feature freeze for NB 25 is likely in about a month and there are > holidays in between. Should we proceed with the launcher changes as > described in the mail below? > > -mbien > > > On 30.11.24 00:19, Michael Bien wrote: > > Hello, > > > > now that NB 24 is on its way, lets talk about the next release. > > > > I think it would be good if NetBeans 25 would be able to run on JDK > > 24. To achieve this we have to (finally) deal with the security > > manager removal (JEP 486). > > > > before discussing _how_ the concrete implementation should look, there > > are two steps we can do right away: > > > > 1) remove SM flag from launcher and release new launcher bits > > 2) move flag to start config and switch to new launcher bits > > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/8009 (step 1) > > > > This is essentially the precondition for the next steps otherwise we > > can't even influence JVM flags while testing on JDK 24 (on windows at > > least). > > > > The third step is going to be the more interesting discussion given > > that we have two proposals for it. > > > > 3) implement SM removal for JDK 24 compatibility > > > > I am going to open a separate thread for 3). > > > > best regards, > > > > michael > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
