RFR: 8370890: Start of release updates for JDK 27 [v7]

[Nizar Benalla]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:52:42 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Nizar Benalla has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 17 additional commits since the last revision:
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>>  - problem list failing test
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into start-of-release-27
>>  - expand start of release documentation
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into start-of-release-27
>>  - Changes required for hard 80 character line limit
>>  - Update --release 26 symbol information for JDK 26 build 25
>>    The macOS/AArch64 build 25 was taken from https://jdk.java.net/26/
>>  - revert MAX_COLUMNS to 80
>>  - Update LATEST_MAJOR_VERSION in Versions.java
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into start-of-release-27
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into start-of-release-27
>>  - ... and 7 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/3c6406b2...e5214614
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/ClassFileFormatVersion.java line 382:
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>> 380:      *
>> 381:      * @see <a
>> 382:      * href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/26/docs/specs/jvms/index.html">
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> This change should be included in the codebase for JDK 26. You can create a new issue for this, and commit this change before this PR is integrated.

Great idea Chen, I will open a PR for this today

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28130#discussion_r2577683094