RFR: 8357404: jpackage should attempt to get a package version from the JDK's release file if the --version option is not specified [v6]

[Alexander Matveev]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 20:16:01 GMT, Alexey Semenyuk <asemenyuk at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Alexander Matveev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   8357404: jpackage should attempt to get a package version from the JDK's release file if the --version option is not specified [v6]
>
> src/jdk.jpackage/share/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/util/RuntimeImageUtils.java line 47:
> 
>> 45:         }
>> 46: 
>> 47:         return releaseFile;
> 
> Why do we need platform-specificity in this function?
> 
> Shouldn't it be as simple as:
> 
> public static Path getReleaseFilePath(Path runtimePath) {
>     return runtimePath.resolve("release");
> }

This function is being called 3 times already. I think having platform specific code in it is better, then duplicating:

RuntimeImageUtils.getReleaseFilePath(MacBundle.fromPath(cookedRuntime).map(MacBundle::homeDir).orElse(cookedRuntime));

I do like idea of using `MacBundle.fromPath()`.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29260#discussion_r2761617991