Article URL: https://openjdk.org/jeps/541 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038352 Points: 90 # Comments: 86

Deprecate the macOS/x64 port, with the intent to remove it in a future release, in order to reduce maintenance costs. Apple has transitioned its hardware products to the AArch64 processor architecture and is phasing out support for x64. Oracle engineers will thus stop maintaining the macOS/x64 port as of JDK 27. Maintaining the port is a significant burden. The new build-configuration option --enable-deprecated-ports will suppress the error and continue: In order not to block mainline development, macOS/x64 will be disabled by default in the JDK repository’s GitHub actions. Additionally, the macOS/x64 port, and related port-specific features, will be noted as being deprecated for removal in the relevant JDK documentation. As with earlier port deprecations, an alternative is for a set of credible developers to express a clear desire to maintain the port going forward. If that happens before this JEP is integrated then this JEP can be withdrawn. If that happens after this JEP is integrated, but before the port is removed, then a follow-on JEP can revert the deprecation.