JDK 10 RFR of JDK-8173383: Update JDK build to use -source and -target 10

Philip Race philip.race at oracle.com
Thu Jan 26 05:43:00 UTC 2017


I think that this has always waited until *at least* that previous JDK 
is GA.
If you think about it there isn't really any such thing as JDK 9 (or at 
least Java SE 9)
until then so it has to be so. Thus ask this again in August.

-phil.

On 1/25/17, 9:36 PM, joe darcy wrote:
>>
>> And do we also need to update the boot JDK to be JDK 9?
>
> Certainly at some point.  A good number of refactorings need to wait 
> until the boot JDK is upgraded. On the other hand, there is an 
> argument for JDK 9 being a bit further along before using it for 
> bootstrapping. 



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