A hole in the serialization spec

[David M. Lloyd]

On 04/16/2014 02:34 AM, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>
> On 17/02/14 15:50, David M. Lloyd wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Honestly I'm coming to the conclusion that the spec should just be
>> updated to match the existing behavior.  At least this way, it is
>> possible to establish and explain exactly what is happening and why, and
>> what the effect is on the wire protocol, and how to cope with changes to
>> the affected class hierarchies in a compatible way.
>
> Resurrecting an old thread, since I just realized I didn't reply to this.
>
> I have no objection, and would support any effort/attempt to try and
> resolve this issue.

Is the serialization spec document [1] available in some source form for 
which changes could be submitted directly?

[1] 
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/serialization/spec/serialTOC.html

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