[jdk8u-dev] Request for enhancement approval for JDK-8207322

[Pankaj Bansal]

To JDK 8u maintainers & approvers,

Could you please approve enhancement HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207322"JDK-8207322 to jdk8u-dev. It adds conditional support for gtk3 and is a backport of HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8145547"JDK-8145547.

As part of the enhancement backport, we will be backporting 16 more bugs fixes done for GTK3 related issues since jdk9. Due to this, the backport will be pushed under HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207322"JDK-8207322. More information about the 16 bugs can be found at HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207322"JDK-8207322. The backport has been reviewed on AWT, Swing mailing list.

Although it is characterized as an enhancement, it is really necessary platform maintenance, without which SWT Interop will be broken for all upcoming SWT releases, and in due course JDK8 will not run on future Linux versions which no longer support GTK2.

AWT review thread for 8u-backport: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2018-October/014422.html

JDK9 Enhancement: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8145547
This Enhancement : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207322
Webrev: HYPERLINK "http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Epbansal/gtk3_backport/webrev.03/"http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pbansal/gtk3_backport/webrev.03/

 

Regards,

Pankaj Bansal