OpenJFX versions - will they always track to JDK versions?

[Pedro Duque Vieira]

The plan seems to be that OpenJFX(N) will run on OpenJDK(N) and
OpenJDK(N-1) and make no efforts to support or break usage in OpenJDK(N-2):
so no guarantees of it either running or not on OpenJDK(N-2).

I suggested that this would be instead decided on a version by version
basis (especially when, for example, nowadays the vast majority of
developers are still on Java8 - big effort may be required for them to move
to java9+), but this seems to be the plan.

Cheers,

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 3:08 PM Peter Monks <pmonks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Tom.
>
> That thread seems to somewhat conflate two different topics:
> 1. JDK version(s) required to build OpenJFX
> 2. JDK version(s) required to run OpenJFX
>
> As a consumer of OpenJFX, I am primarily interested in #2, and this
> paragraph from the thread [1] approximates my preference:
>
> “To be clear, I'm not that concerned about breaking compatibility with
> older versions of the JDK because of API updates/introductions/removals or
> new, better tools being introduced. I'm more concerned about backwards
> compatibility being broken for stupid reasons like new lazy  language
> updates that have no actual value or can be done with older compatible ways”
>
> i.e. it would be ideal if newer versions of OpenJFX continued to function
> on older versions of the JDK, where that doesn’t functionally cripple
> OpenJFX
>
> I don’t see a definitive answer to my question in that thread yet, but
> I’ll keep an eye on it.  If there are more appropriate forums in which I,
> as a consumer, can express my requirements I’d be keen to hear about that
> too.
>
> Thanks again,
> Peter
>
> [1]
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2018-September/022549.html
>
>
>
> > On Oct 24, 2018, at 11:46 PM, Tom Schindl <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > See
> >
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2018-September/022527.html
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >> On 25.10.18 03:15, Peter Monks wrote:
> >> G'day!
> >>
> >> Just wondering whether OpenJFX's versions are always going to track to
> >> specific JDK versions, or whether the plan is for OpenJFX versions to
> >> decouple from JDK versions over time?
> >>
> >> From a downstream consumer's perspective, it would be ideal if OpenJFX
> were
> >> to decouple from the JDK, and provide some kind of version compatibility
> >> matrix as new OpenJFX and JDK versions are released.  This is how most
> Java
> >> libraries do things, and a lot of Java tooling (e.g. Maven) is optimised
> >> with that assumption in mind.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any light you're able to shed on this topic!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Peter
> >>
> >
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