RFR: 8303485: Replacing os.name for operating system customization

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 16:01:21 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/misc/OperatingSystem.java line 74:
>> 
>>> 72:      * The Mac OS X Operating system.
>>> 73:      */
>>> 74:     Mac("Mac OS X"),
>> 
>> The current spelling used by Apple is "macOS", probably to align to other Apple systems (iOS, iPadOS, etc.).
>
> Names and branding have changed over the years. 
> It may be prudent to remove the name entirely and stick to a 'generic' identification of the OS as the Enum name.

The current branding is "macOS" and we made a lot of changes in various places (but not all of course) to ensure that we use "macOS". Even if this can change in the future I think starting with the current terminology rather than defining something new, would be much better.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12931