JDK 24/25 Updates and their Potential Impact

[Birdasaur]

@samypr100
The following JEPs and other preview features from JDK24 and higher have an effect on our build system

https://openjdk.org/jeps/493
Reduce the size of the JDK by approximately 25% by enabling the jlink tool to create custom run-time images without using the JDK's JMOD files.
Question: Will this change work by default or will we have to alter our Github builds to use it or does it not really change anything for us?

https://openjdk.org/jeps/489
This is the ninth Vector API preview so they've smoothed out the bugs. There are a few spots in our code that I believe could benefit.... particularly the vector wise distance checks in UMAP and in the vector based searches.

https://openjdk.org/jeps/472
This one I believe will cause an error/warning message when running JavaFX components. (I think we already identified this as an issue)
The JavaFX team says they will resolve for JFX25... but does this mean we effectively cannot use the JDK24 features until 25? (unless we modify our build and jpackage configs?

[samypr100]

I'm aware, but we don't have build support yet. We'll have to wait a few months after JDK25 is out to re-use our existing build tools without workarounds.

[Birdasaur]

Ok fair... so then its agreed that we stay at JDK23 until then? (and therefore will not leverage the other features in the meantime)