RFR: JDK-8134373: explore potential uses of convenience factories within the JDK

[Jonathan Bluett-Duncan]

Hi all,

Sorry for the delayed response, I've been busy lately with university and
other things.

Thank you all for your comments. I'll leave the DateTimeFormatter comment
in, as you requested Stephen and Roger, and I'll work again with Patrick as
soon as I'm ready.

Kind regards,
Jonathan

On 6 October 2016 at 09:38, Stephen Colebourne <scolebourne at joda.org> wrote:

> On 6 October 2016 at 00:00, Stuart Marks <stuart.marks at oracle.com> wrote:
> >> I think you should perform no change to DateTimeFormatter (other than
> >> a comment) as part of this changeset. The behaviour of that
> >> DateTimeFormatter method is subtle, and I now suspect that what we
> >> have there might be the best option.
> >
> > I had recommended removing the comment from DateTimeFormatter, but if
> > Stephen wants the comment in, that's fine with me. In fact I'll defer to
> > what Stephen (and Roger Riggs) want with this code, since they're the
> > maintainers.
>
> I think it makes sense to leave the new comment in. All further change
> should be under 8167222.
>
> Stephen
>