RFR: 6594730: UUID.getVersion() is only meaningful for Leach-Salz variant

[Richard Fussenegger]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:16:12 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I cannot create CSRs, only members can. Deprecating and switching to another function results in much more work for users overall because it affects all those who use it correctly as well. In other words: 100%
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>> I'm in favor of rejection if that's the way forward.
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>> What's wrong with creating PRs for existing issues? I thought that more contributions is actually the reason OpenJDK came to GitHub. ��
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> Often an enhancement is created when there's an idea of an improvement but no resources to do the research and develop a justification. That work has to be done when someone has time.  Usually ideas are discussed on one of the many OpenJDK email aliases to validate the idea and the approach before developing the code. See the list of OpenJDK Mail lists for details.
> https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo
> As for moving to GitHub,  it was in part to make it easier to collaborate on the development but also to move from Mercurial to Git.
> But GitHub does not replace the need for discussion on the Email Lists.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1467