RFR: JDK-8252145: Unify Info.plist files with correct version strings

Sergey Bylokhov Sergey.Bylokhov at oracle.com
Tue Aug 25 23:35:17 UTC 2020


Looks fine.

On 25.08.2020 07:27, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> 
> On 2020-08-24 19:18, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
>> Hi, Erik.
>>
>> I would like to highlight one thing affected by this fix. The text in the default about dialog in the Swing application will be changed.
>>
>> For my local build:
>>  - Current text: "Java Version 1.0 (16)"
>>  - After the fix: "Java Version 16 (0)"
>>
>> I am not sure why the build version and as a result the CFBundleVersion is zero?
>>
> The CFBundleVersion is supposed to have a version number representing the build number. In a developer build, the "VERSION_BUILD" variable is default 0. In a promoted build, that number is set to the promoted build number. In Oracle promoted builds, we will also have a CI build number, so if this change was in effect, the latest JDK 16 promoted build would have 12.477 in CFBundleVersion.
> 
> /Erik
> 
>> On 24.08.2020 08:19, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>>> When fixing JDK-8246094, I concluded that our Info.plist files are in a bit of a mess. This patch tries to address this on a more fundamental level.
>>>
>>> 1. All Info.plist files and templates are moved to the same location in the source tree.
>>>
>>> 2. The CFBundleIdentifier is changed to no longer contain the version number. Instead it gets the $VERSION_PRE string if present.
>>>
>>> 3. The CFBundleShortVersionString is changed to the numeric version part of our version string.
>>>
>>> 4. The CFBundleVersion is changed to the build number (or a custom number if supplied through a new configure argument). For Oracle builds, this will take the form of <promotionBuildNumber>.<InternalCIBuildNumber>.
>>>
>>> For more details on why this particular scheme, see bug description, but in short, this is what I think best reflects what the Apple documentation says the fields are for.
>>>
>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252145
>>>
>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8252145/webrev.01
>>>
>>> /Erik
>>>
>>
>>


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Best regards, Sergey.



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