On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 22/09/2026 10:03, Rémy Maucherat wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 10:56 AM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 22/09/2026 09:33, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository.
> >>>
> >>> rmaucher pushed a commit to branch main
> >>> in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat.git
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/main by this push:
> >>>        new a8d6656804 Bump Java needed to build to 25
> >>> a8d6656804 is described below
> >>>
> >>> commit a8d6656804ab7a3e3d54ae0cd4d65ba12bfb1261
> >>> Author: remm <[email protected]>
> >>> AuthorDate: Tue Sep 22 10:33:33 2026 +0200
> >>>
> >>>       Bump Java needed to build to 25
> >>>
> >>>       FFM has some useful API tweaks in Java 25, so move up to the LTS
> >>>       release.
> >>
> >> Does this mean we are raising the minimum Java to Java 25 if users want
> >> to use FFM?
> >
> > Oh yes, that is correct. Is it acceptable ?
>
> The docs currently imply a Java 22 requirement but it isn't explicit.
>
> Jakarta EE always uses LTS versions as minimum Java versions.
>
> Java 25 is the minimum LTS version that supports FFM.
>
> Given all of that, I'd be OK with making Java 25 the minimum version to
> use FFM features. We should add text to that effect wherever we
> reference ${min.java.version}
>
> I'll update BuildBot to use Java 25. That is useful even if this change
> is reverted.

+1
This is not super critical to be honest.

Rémy

> Mark
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