docs build curiousity

Martin Buchholz martinrb at google.com
Tue Feb 11 23:21:11 UTC 2014


The "8" version doesn't exist yet.

I've long advocated creating these web sites as soon as development for
those JDK versions begins instead of when it ends, so that we can avoid
confusion like this (where to link to?)  Everyone has to update their
javadoc flags when jdk 8 docs move to their final resting place.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Jonathan Gibbons <
jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com> wrote:

> Should I be concerned that when I do a docs build for JDK 8, I see the
> following option:
>
> -Xdocrootparent http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs
>
> I'm surprised the URL has a 7 in it, not an 8.
>
> -- Jon
>



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