Proposal: Bump minimum JDK version for JavaFX 20 to JDK 17

[Matthias Bläsing]

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, dem 20.07.2022 um 15:40 +0300 schrieb Nir Lisker:
> The idea that an LTS JDK version is a good jumping point relies on
> the assumption that users upgrade their JDK slowly (once every 2-3
> years), but their JavaFX fast (once every 6 months). That is, they
> want LTS for their JDK but not for their JavaFX.

a use-case where the assumption holds, that the JDK is slow being
updated, but OpenJFX can be updated are projects relying on installed
JDKs.

Apache projects can't bundle the JDK (it contains libraries with
licenses less liberal than ALv2). The JDK is hard to install with JDK
methods, so it needs to be "there". OpenJFX can be installed at runtime
and thus can be more or less trivially installed with JDK tools.
NetBeans for example currently bundles (as in has provisions to install
JavaFX with downloads from maven central) it.

Before you say it, yes you can create installers, that install the JDK
at runtime, but they are a PITA and running from ZIP is just
convenient.

Just my thoughts

Greetings

Matthias