On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 15:37:17 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Our production build system is Oracle Linux 8, which has GTK 3.22. >> >> The oldest system I now have access to is Ubuntu 16.04 (yeah, I know...it's >> probably time to retire it), which has GTK 3.18. I build JavaFX using GCC >> 14.2 (via a devkit) and compile against a GTK 3.22 header files and library. >> I'm able to run this PR and use the EXTENDED stage style with a HeaderBar, >> but when I try to use the context menu it crashes: >> >> >> java: symbol lookup error: build/sdk/lib/libglassgtk3.so: undefined symbol: >> gdk_display_get_default_seat >> >> >> We should make a deliberate decision as to whether or not to bump the >> minimum. I think bumping the minimum to 3.20 might be reasonable thing to, >> although I'd want to do it separately from this PR and provide a release >> note for that. > > Worth noting is that we only recently upgraded our production build env from > Oracle Linux 7, which is now out of support. Bumping the minimum GTK version > to 3.20 will preclude running on OL 7 / RHEL 7 at all (RHEL 7 has GTK 3.8, > which is why that minimum was chosen). I think this is OK, but is another > reason I want to see a separate JBS issue to bump the minimum. I think providing a release note that the new extended stage style requires GTK 3.20 sounds reasonable. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1605#discussion_r2129184670
