Need reviewers and comments: 6989472: Provide simple jdk identification information in the install image

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 16:29 Tue 21 Dec     , Kelly O'Hair wrote:
> I'm back with another stab at a webrev and modified proposal.
> 
> 6989472: Provide simple jdk identification information in the install  
> image
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ohair/openjdk7/jdk7-build-eclipse/webrev/
> 
> The above change creates a small text file called "release" at the top  
> of the
> jdk or jre install image with some very basic values about that  
> install image.
> 
> For example, on Solaris 10 X86 the file would contain the 4 lines:
> 
> JAVA_VERSION="1.7.0"
> OS_NAME="SunOS"
> OS_VERSION="5.10"
> OS_ARCH="i586"
> 
> They are not properties and don't look like properties.

But they are available as system properties already; os.arch, os.name, os.version and java.version.
So why do you need this file?

> It doesn't contain trademark names or company names.
> It unfortunately does not identify the specific VM, but it does  
> provide some basic
> information about what the jdk image is and where it can be used.
> 
> To solve the original Eclipse issue really requires a similar file  
> delivered by the
> VMs shipped with the JDK. That will need to be pursued with a  
> different CR.
> 
> -kto

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Andrew :)

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