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Explain why Windows x86 32-bit is no longer a supported platform for Java 21 & 22 #3019

Open tyilo opened 1 month ago

tyilo commented 1 month ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. https://adoptium.net/supported-platforms/ shows the current supported platforms. It would be nice to add a sentence explaining why Windows x86 32-bit is no longer supported.

Describe the solution you'd like Add a sentence to the page explaining why Windows x86 32-bit is no longer supported.

Describe alternatives you've considered I have tried to find this information elsewhere, but I was not able to.

Additional context N/A

karianna commented 1 month ago

@tyilo Pull Request Welcome!

smlambert commented 1 month ago

Probably informative/helpful to reference the PMC minutes around dropping support because win32 is no longer supported in the upstream openjdk project (likely early 2023).

tyilo commented 1 month ago

@tyilo Pull Request Welcome!

I think the explanation should be written someone who knows why and not me ;)