RFR: 8150442: Enforce Supported Platforms in Packager for MSI bundles

[Alexander Matveev]

On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 20:11:36 GMT, Alexey Semenyuk <asemenyuk at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Enable MSI installers to block installation if the version of Windows is too old.
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> jpackage will read major and minor OS versions from PE headers of the main launcher and `java.dll` in the app image. The combined version is the minimal Windows version these executables can run. Thus, it will be a lower bound for the Windows version the installer supports. 
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> The value of the combined version is passed as `JpExecutableOSVersion` WiX variable to a new `os-condition.wxf` WiX fragment. The fragment compares the value of `JpExecutableOSVersion` WiX variable with the value of `VersionNT` MSI property. If the value of the latter is less the installation is blocked.
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> The fragment can be overridden in the resource directory. This makes this feature fully customizable.

I am not sure if we should limit installer upto Windows Vista. Should we limit installation to `Certified System Configurations` based on https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-subscription/documentation.html#sysconfig instead? User can override it if needed.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23472#issuecomment-2644062202