RFC: Minor patch to set JDK_UPDATE_VERSION based on drop

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/12/22 Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com>:
> * Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member.fsf.org> [2009-12-22 15:12]:
>> 2009/12/22 Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com>:
>> > * Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> [2009-12-22 14:37]:
>> >> As discussed earlier, based on Mark's suggestion, here is a patch to set
>> >> the JDK update version based on the drop version. I tested it with
>> >> icedtea6 head and it seems to work correctly.
>> >>
>> >> ChangeLog:
>> >> 2009-12-22  Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com>
>> >>
>> >>     * Makefile.am: Set JDK_UPDATE_VERSION based on upstream drop version
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Deepak
>> >
>> > I think this will go better if I actually attach the patch..
>> >
>> > Deepak
>> >
>>
>> This patch uses the version of IcedTea rather than the drop number
>> which would be OPENJDK_VERSION.  Maybe the latter would be better as
>> it's a whole number rather than 1.6, 1.7, etc.?
>
> The OpenJDK version is bXX, which is not the convention that the Sun JRE
> follows. The patch uses PACKAGE_VERSION and then uses sed to remove the
> ".", providing a # that is comparable to Sun's JRE.
>
> Cheers,
> Deepak
>
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If you drop the b, it's actually the same at present (17) and more
sensible a seriesthan 17, 18, 19, 110...
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