RFR: 8303485: Replacing os.name for operating system customization [v6]

[Roger Riggs]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:53:05 GMT, Michael Osipov <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> If you are referring to "Red Hat Enterprise Linux", it'd be correct (AFAIK) to say that Red Hat identifies "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" as an operating system, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that Red Hat calls "Linux" an operating system (well... subject to the reality of human inaccuracy). And the validity and correctness of the term "GNU/Linux" is *definitely* disputed (and likely always will be).
>> 
>> Maybe "Operating systems based on the Linux kernel" would be satisfactory?
>
> That is acceptable, totally.

Not the rabbit-hole I expected to go down today or for an informal comment on an internal API.
I have no skin in that game.
https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/what-is-linux

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12931#discussion_r1147850108