On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:47:45 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <[email protected]> wrote:
> This PR bumps the minimum version of the JDK needed to run JavaFX to JDK 25. > > 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 (25 in > this specific case), is untested. > > This PR targeted to master for JavaFX 27, and must not be backported to any > earlier version. This needs a CSR and a release note. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: a69bc061 Author: Kevin Rushforth <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/commit/a69bc0615a5ed2ef050ccc3e10e0dbcdbc88278d Stats: 4 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 4 mod 8376601: Bump minimum JDK version for JavaFX to JDK 25 Reviewed-by: angorya, jvos ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2056
