Am I blind or can someone point out how to comment on a JEP? The JEP is linked to https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8061493 but how do you get an account on that?
I recall hearing a preso on how the comments for Java were locked down for fear of too much feedback... or something. Gary On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > If this issue has been raised in the past, my apologies. I did a search for > "Verona" in the mail archives here and didn't see any hit besides Oracle's > own notification [1]. That was the only hit. > > In JDK 9, the version string is changing from 1.0.X to bigger numbers like > 9.0.0 [2]. Code that has assumed the 1.x pattern for parsing the version > string will likely fail or behave strangely. Apache Commons will be one of > these libraries [3]. I already notified the Log4J community that Log4J 1.x > is also affected. So this is just an FYI for any Commons project that is > relying on the Version string. > > The slew of Apache Commons sub-projects are likely baked into many > applications. So what does Verona's change mean in practice to all you > here? Any concerns on Verona? This is the time to speak up to Oracle with > any feedback you may have. > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/t3l7d73tmqslkele > [2] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/223 > [3] > > https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-3.4/src-html/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.html#line.952 > > Cheers, > Paul > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
