RFR: JDK-8248122: java.base should not handle JavaFX application in a specific way

[Kevin Rushforth]

Yes, this is the right list for discussing the impact of your proposed 
change on JavaFX applications. I added a comment to that affect in the 
PR, essentially saying that this PR cannot go in as proposed for JDK 16, 
since it will cause a behavioral regression and will break some existing 
JavaFX applications. If it is done, it will need to be done carefully.

Can you say more about the reason you are proposing this change? The 
stated reason in the bug report is to allow the JavaFX modules to be run 
on the classpath, which is not a supported use case. There might be 
other reasons to get rid of the special case logic used to launch JavaFX 
applications, which can be discussed.

-- Kevin


On 10/31/2020 8:49 AM, Kartik Ohri wrote:
> Hi!
> I was unable to add the openjfx to the PR on github and was unsure which
> other mailing list is right for discussing this change, hence I am sending
> it here. If this is the wrong mailing list, pardon me and kindly point me
> in the right direction.
>
> The related pull request is https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/978 and the
> webrev is available at
> https://openjdk.github.io/cr/?repo=jdk&pr=978&range=00.
>
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> Kartik