On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:38:20 GMT, Guanqiang Han <[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/man/java.md line 915:
>>
>>> 913: [`-XshowSettings`]{#-XshowSettings}
>>> 914: : Shows all settings and continues if further action is specified;
>>> 915: otherwise, exits normally.
>>
>> No objection to changing -XshowSettings to continue (like -showversion) but
>> I'm not sure about the wording "if further action is specified". Is there
>> any existing wording in the man page that could be copied?
>
> Thanks. I agree that “if further action is specified” is somewhat vague. The
> existing wording is more consistent with the other entries in the man page,
> so I’ll revert it to “Shows all settings and then continues.”
You can't just revert it though as you have now invalidated the CSR request.
And the old wording is no longer accurate as it doesn't necessarily continue. I
think the "perfect" is undermining the "good enough" here.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/31891#discussion_r3614106763
