[icedtea-web] RFC: More javadoc fixes for Java 8

[Jiri Vanek]

On 05/12/2014 03:22 PM, Jacob Wisor wrote:
> On 05/12/2014 07:11 AM Jiri Vanek wrote:
>> On 05/10/2014 04:07 AM, Jacob Wisor wrote:
>>> On 5/10/2014 2:14 AM Omair Majid wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I recently tried compiling icedtea-web with java 8 and ran into more
>>>> javadoc issues. Apparently, self-enclosing tags (<br/>) are now not
>>>> allowed either.
>>
>> I thought that itw javadoc can be generated in jdk8. How come it is not anymore?
>>>
>>> Self-enclosing elements are actually required by the XML specification, hence
>>> also by XHTML. Please
>>> do not remove them.
>>>
>>
>> Then  perhaps get rid of br at all, and use <p></p> or <div></div>
>
> Good thought, but br has different semantics than p and div, so I guess it cannot be easily
> substituted. ;-)
I  (Strongly) Agree.

But it can fix both issues.

In cases in Omair's patch it seems to be applicable.


J.