RFR: 8372155: RealeaseInfoPlugin doesn't handle input file as UTF-8 properly

Thu Nov 20 11:10:58 UTC 2025

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:23:04 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at openjdk.org> wrote:

> IMO it would be best for `--release-info` to not only require a file as an option but also the encoding. It could perhaps default to `UTF-8`. @AlanBateman Any thoughts on this?

It's very likely that tools that read the release file aren't using Properties API so I think having it UTF-8 is best.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28399#issuecomment-3557393145