Posted by Dolda2000 on Dec 07, 2023; 10:19pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/32-bit-Windows-natives-tp4043189p4043203.html

gouessej wrote

A single "executable JAR" is a poor option

Poor or not, as far as I'm aware, it's pretty much the only option if I want a single download.

gouessej wrote

you can use only options supported in the manifest

It should perhaps be noted that my current downloadable Jar is just a launcher program, which downloads the rest of the program (and keeps it updated on a per-file basis), and relaunches the JVM with any custom args I might want. One nice thing about that is that the direct download is less than 100 kB, which is particularly nice since I've made it so that the download includes a login cookie for immediately logging in as the same user as was logged in on the website when downloaded. Being a single, very small download means that it can be "throw-away", easily re-download if misplaced or lost, or the login cookie expires, or in any other similar event. 100 kB and 100 MB is a big difference in that regard.

gouessej wrote

I remind you that OpenJDK is the reference implementation of Java since its version 7. In other terms, when Java 32-bit support dies, it will die for both OpenJDK and Oracle Java.

Well aware, I'm just saying that 32-bit support will only be removed in the versions following when that happens, and java.com is clearly not distributing the latest version.

gouessej wrote

Time has changed, only a few end users accept installing a JRE

While I can see that being the expectation, it actually hasn't been a huge problem for me. I have had exceedingly few complaints about that.

gouessej wrote

but you need to use some APIs and/or to benefit of bug fixes available only in Java 11, you'll have to rewrite your source code not to fall into this situation.

Since I've already been supporting Java 8 since forever, I'm not in a position where I need to rewrite my source code.