JDK-8240542 : Switch FX build to use JDK 14 as boot JDK
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: javafx
  • Sub-Component: build
  • Affected Version: openjfx15
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2020-03-04
  • Updated: 2020-03-31
  • Resolved: 2020-03-31
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openjfx15Fixed
Related Reports
Blocks :  
JDK-8240451 - JavaFX javadoc build fails with JDK 14
Blocks :  
JDK-8240539 - Upgrade gradle to version 6.3
Blocks :  
JDK-8240466 - AppJSCallback* apps launched by ModuleLauncherTest intermittently hang
Description
Once JDK 14 GA has released, we should switch to using JDK 14 as the boot JDK for building FX 15. We are currently using JDK 13 which will no longer be supported after JDK 14 GA.

This will not affect the minimum JDK version needed to build or run FX 15, which remains at JDK 11.

This will require updating to gradle 6.3. See JDK-8240539.
Comments
Changeset: 159f6516 Author: Kevin Rushforth <kcr@openjdk.org> Date: 2020-03-31 12:53:59 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/commit/159f6516
31-03-2020
Review: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/152
26-03-2020
Note that this is also blocked by two bugs in FX, JDK-8240451 and JDK-8240466, which need to be fixed before we can switch to JDK 14. Fixes for those two bugs are under review.
04-03-2020