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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