Windows-x86 (32-bit) build is broken. Time to retire it?

Mark Reinhold mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Wed Dec 6 13:40:35 UTC 2023


2023/12/6 0:44:53 -0500, david.holmes at oracle.com:
> On 5/12/2023 9:00 pm, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>> There is
>> https://openjdk.org/jeps/449
>> 
>>  Deprecate the Windows 32-bit x86 Port for Removal
>> 
>> I guess we need another JEP to remove it.
> 
> I don't think the removal needs a JEP. But it does need someone prepared 
> to do the actual work to remove it. Something we could consider for JDK 
> 23 for sure though.

Ports come and go over time.  They are introduced via JEPs, and so they
should be deprecated-for-removal via JEPs and then removed via JEPs.

Fortunately, a JEP to remove the Windows/x86 port will be trivial.

- Mark


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