RFR: 8370890: Start of release updates for JDK 27 [v6]

[Nizar Benalla]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:08:17 GMT, Nizar Benalla <nbenalla at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Get JDK 27 underway.
>
> 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 12 additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - 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
>  - Merge branch 'master' into start-of-release-27
>  - Updates due to the generate-symbol-data.sh location changing in 8367259
>  - Updates due to the generate-symbol-data.sh location changing in 8367259
>  - Merge branch 'master' into start-of-release-27
>  - update links to JVMS 26 and 27
>  - ... and 2 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/4bfba094...78895b2b

I had to make some changes to respect the 80 character limit we used to have.
Instead of showing a long list for the --release values in the javac help output we show the following:

  --target <release>, -target <release>
        Generate class files suitable for the specified Java SE release.
        Supported releases: 
            8, 9, 10, ..., 25, 26, 27

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28130#issuecomment-3583630744