Proposal: Newer version-string scheme for the Java SE Platform and the JDK (original) (raw)

Jonathan Gibbons jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com
Thu Nov 2 20:14:02 UTC 2017


Mark,

The proposed scheme fits well with related appearances of the feature/major version number, such as the argument for the -source/-target/--release options for javac and javadoc.

I would also expect javac to follow the guidelines listed in the "Launcher" section.

-- Jon



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