JEP proposed to target JDK 24: 501: Deprecate the 32-bit x86 Port for Removal

[Mark Reinhold]

2024/11/18 9:05:48 -0500, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 24:
> 
>   501: Deprecate the 32-bit x86 Port for Removal
>        https://openjdk.org/jeps/501
> 
>   Summary: Deprecate the 32-bit x86 port, with the intent to remove it
>   in a future release.  This will thereby deprecate the Linux 32-bit x86
>   port, which is the only 32-bit x86 port remaining in the JDK.  It will
>   also, effectively, deprecate any remaining downstream 32-bit x86 ports.
>   After the 32-bit x86 port is removed, the architecture-agnostic
>   Zero port will be the only way to run Java programs on 32-bit x86
>   processors.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 20:00 UTC on Monday, 25 November, or if they’re raised
> and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal
> [2] I’ll target this JEP to JDK 24.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 24.

- Mark