User description

Actions

Fixes https://github.com/JabRef/jabref-issue-melting-pot/issues/536

• Wait for JDK 25.0.2 should be available on January, 20th (https://www.java.com/releases/) -> https://github.com/corretto/corretto-25/releases

• Merge this PR

• Fix name of required workflows

  • new
    
  • old
    

• Integrate this branch into Fix JabRef-post-image.wsf to make it agnostic to the location of the … #13033 --> https://github.com/koppor/magic-merge-commit/

• Merge Fix JabRef-post-image.wsf to make it agnostic to the location of the … #13033

• Continue at Enable Java EA builds and prepare JDK 26 #13937

• Experiment: Try out OpenJ9 (see Switch to Eclipse OpenJ9 (to gain performance) jabref-koppor#481) for details. -> OpenJ9 jabref-koppor#721

Background

Relative of #13937. Here, we just update the JDK to version 25. Due to https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8358723, we need to wait for 25.0.2 - see also #13937 (comment)

Steps to test

1. Download the build binary and start - check if its running
2. Open this branch in the IDE and check if "run" works.

Mandatory checks

• I own the copyright of the code submitted and I license it under the MIT license
• I manually tested my changes in running JabRef (always required)
• [/] I added JUnit tests for changes (if applicable)
• I added screenshots in the PR description (if change is visible to the user)
• I described the change in CHANGELOG.md in a way that is understandable for the average user (if change is visible to the user)
• [/] I checked the user documentation: Is the information available and up to date? If not, I created an issue at https://github.com/JabRef/user-documentation/issues or, even better, I submitted a pull request updating file(s) in https://github.com/JabRef/user-documentation/tree/main/en.

PR Type

Enhancement

Description

• Update Java version from 24 to 25 across all build configurations

• Remove public modifier from main methods for JDK 25 compatibility

• Improve macOS binary naming with architecture-specific suffixes (intel/silicon)

• Add documentation notes explaining public main method requirements

• Enhance workflow configuration and build process improvements

Diagram Walkthrough

flowchart LR
  A["JDK 24"] -- "upgrade" --> B["JDK 25"]
  B -- "update" --> C["Build Scripts"]
  B -- "update" --> D["Main Methods"]
  D -- "remove public" --> E["JDK 25 Compliance"]
  C -- "improve naming" --> F["macOS Binaries"]
  F -- "add suffixes" --> G["intel/silicon"]