On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 23:32:23 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This fix restores the minimum macOS version needed to run JavaFX on x64 >> platforms to 10.10. >> >> The fix for [JDK-8265031](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8265031) >> bumped the minimum version for macOS on aarch64 to 11.0 and on x64 to 10.12. >> The change on aarch64 was necessary, since that is the minimum version that >> will run on Apple Silicon. The change on x64 was not necessary, but was done >> to match JDK 17. In connection with the fix for >> [JDK-8263169](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8263169), this causes >> a crash on older macOS systems running 10.10 or 10.11. The long term >> solution is to detect and throw an exception at startup if the version of >> macOS is below the minimum, but for JavaFX 17 it was felt that restoring the >> minimum of macOS 10.10 for x64 platforms was safer. >> >> See the discussion in JBS for more information. > > Kevin Rushforth has updated the pull request incrementally with two > additional commits since the last revision: > > - Revert "8266743: JavaFX should fail fast on macOS below minimum version" > > This reverts commit 863c09e9753fded3492ee5cb636018e4e76c9dba. > - 8266743: JavaFX should fail fast on macOS below minimum version There were failing macOS pre-submit tests. It looks like some sort of intermittent test issue, and in any case is unrelated to this change since the initial commit, with 100% identical content passed. However, I pushed a dummy commit to rerun the tests to remove any question. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/566
