jdk11 javac doesn't support --release

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Rémi,

This caught me out last week as well, and yes, it is being fixed; we 
should see a fix by the end of the week.

We have Plan A, B and C, for a hot fix, not-so-hot fix, and long term 
fix ;-)

-- Jon


On 5/1/18 12:16 PM, Remi Forax wrote:
> Hi all, Hi Jan,
> javac doesn't support --release 11 [1] which preclude me to fully test some projects with the jdk 11 or any amber branches.
>
> /usr/jdk/jdk-11/bin/javac --release 11
> error: release version 11 not supported
> Usage: javac <options> <source files>
> use --help for a list of possible options
>
> Is there a plan to fix that soon ?
>
> Rémi
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8193784