I can do some tests with OpenJDK 17 on Debian GNU Linux 12 (Bookworm).
Will be interested to see, how it will work together with spring boot 3.1
(which requires a minimum of java 17), I'll be able to remove some workarounds
in gwtp-spring-integration-client (subpackage of gwt-bean-validators).
Am Mittwoch, 15. November 2023, 03:37:38 CET schrieb Colin Alworth:
> It has taken longer than we had hoped, but I think we're just about ready -
> GWT itself can build on Java 17 (and can run on Java 23), JRE emulation is
> nearly caught up to where we wanted with Java 11, and jakarta.servlet
> support is hopefully finished and partially tested in non-trivial apps.
>
> Here's my view of what might land before we cut a release:
>
> - The jakarta.servlet patch is now at
> - As above, we need confirmation that
> - As above
https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/pull/9799 (fixing some
> ternary expressions and other type unions) should get at least one more
> review, approval. This will be applicable for Java 17 language support.
> - Two more JRE emulation patches:
> >> - There is a pending branch (not yet a PR for GWT itself) working on
> >> - There is a pending fix for eliminating a false positive from using
> >> some internals of protobuf to deobfuscate client side exceptions
> >>
https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/pull/9785. This is probably safe to
> >> land without more testing, but none of the reporters of this bug have
> >> verified the fix.
> >> - There's a pending fix for a bug in type unions, which can be caused
> >> - There's a pending fix for a bug where debugging in firefox when
> >> - GWT itself can now be built on Java 11, but not yet 17. There are a