On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 16:01:21 GMT, Roger Riggs <rri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/misc/OperatingSystem.java line 74:
>>
>>> 72: * The Mac OS X Operating system.
>>> 73: */
>>> 74: Mac("Mac OS X"),
>>
>> The current spelling used by Apple is "macOS", probably to align to other
>> Apple systems (iOS, iPadOS, etc.).
>
> Names and branding have changed over the years.
> It may be prudent to remove the name entirely and stick to a 'generic'
> identification of the OS as the Enum name.
The current branding is "macOS" and we made a lot of changes in various places
(but not all of course) to ensure that we use "macOS". Even if this can change
in the future I think starting with the current terminology rather than
defining something new, would be much better.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12931
