Supported BSD and Windows platforms on JDK17

[David Holmes]

Hi Jonathon,

On 16/06/2021 7:04 pm, Jonathan Joo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I had a quick question about supported platforms for JDK17.
> 
> I was looking at
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Build/Supported+Build+Platforms, and
> wanted to double check two things:
> 
> 1. Which platform(s) of BSD are officially supported for JDK17?
> 2. Which version(s) of Windows are officially supported for JDK17?

You looked at the supported build platforms page but seem to be asking 
about the supported runtime platforms ??

The "officially" supported platforms depend on whose OpenJDK 
implementation you are looking at. The source code supports "BSD" but 
the only BSD-flavor that is built and tested by Oracle, for example, is 
for macOS. But the generic BSD port is still part of OpenJDK and we 
strive (through community contributions) to keep it running.

For Windows, the Oracle supported platforms range from Windows 2012 R2 
upwards IIRC, but unofficially we try to keep older versions running as 
long as is practical, and avoid breaking things unnecessarily.

>  From the link it seems that the only BSD platform supported is Mac OS X,
> and the only Windows version is Windows 2016. Is it safe to assume that any
> code written in hotspot will not have to gracefully handle other BSD
> platforms and other Windows versions?

So no not a safe assumption sorry.

Cheers,
David

> 
> Thank you!
> 
> ~ Jonathan
>