Later OpenJFX Compatibilty with JDK 11 LTS

[Kevin Rushforth]

This was discussed on the list earlier this week, and the current 
proposal is to support OpenJFX N on JDK N-1 or later [1].

As part of a follow-on discussion, it was suggested that we might avoid 
eagerly breaking JDK N-2 unless/until there is something we need from 
JDK N-1 that makes breaking it necessary. Requiring later versions of FX 
to run on JDK 11 LTS would mean, for example, that OpenJFX 14 wouldn't 
be able to use language features from JDK 12 or JDK 13, which seems a 
bit restrictive.

-- Kevin

[1] 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2018-September/022538.html


On 9/27/2018 10:16 AM, Sverre Moe wrote:
 > How can we continue to upgrade to newer OpenJFX as time goes by. Will the
 > later OpenJFX 13+ work with JDK 11 or is it just "FX N run JDK N-1" (one
 > version backward support)?
 >
 > We would probably target the Java 11 because it is LTS. Changes to 
JDK will
 > be backported up to september 2023 by the community. If we are interested
 > in getting updates on OpenJFX also we would then need to always 
upgrade it.
 > I reckon there will not be a OpenJFX 11 LTS.
 >
 > /Sverre