JDK 9 RFR of 6481080 : (ann) @Deprecated annotation has no effect on packages

[Alan Bateman]

On 06/01/2015 23:12, joe darcy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As part of cleaning up the deprecation facility in 9, please review 
> this change to document when a @Deprecated annotation is a no-op:
>
>     6481080 : (ann) @Deprecated annotation has no effect on packages
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/6481080.0/
>
> Since the @Deprecated feature was added in 5, it was a no-op on local 
> variables, parameters, and packages. The JLS documented the no-op 
> situation for local variables and parameters; separately, Alex will 
> handle updating the JLS in 9 to state packages are a no-op too.
>
> Patch to java.lang.Deprecated below; the patch also fixes a typo in 
> the JLS section number.
>
This looks okay to me too.

-Alan