[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8248238: Implementation: JEP 388: Windows AArch64 Support [v8]

[Andrew Haley]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 10:09:49 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

> But then again, I don't understand the JDK updates criteria anymore. I thought updates were for critical bug fixes only, not adding entirely new platforms.

I thing it's been a pretty long time since we were *that* strict. Longer than I can remember, anyway.
The rule of thumb is that if we want older JDK releases to remain relevant, they have to be able to adapt to new platforms. So, we change JDK code for OS updates, compiler and library changes, and so on. Adding Windows/AArch64 is a pretty extreme case of that, but it's within the rule, but only just. After all, we already had Windows and we already had AArch64.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk11u-dev/pull/301