<i18n dev> Do developers or end-users create	currency.properties?
    Naoto Sato 
    naoto.sato at oracle.com
       
    Tue Oct 16 09:50:19 PDT 2012
    
    
  
The idea was that "currency.properties" was intended for the "emergency" 
situation, where JRE's update could not keep up with customers' needs. 
The assumption was JRE's lib/currency.data should contain the latest 
currency data with the JRE updates.
Naoto
On 10/16/12 6:05 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> One other question on this topic is whether a system property or some
> other means to specify the location of a currency properties file to
> override the currency data was considered during 6332666. Although
> system properties aren't always the best solution it would at least
> allow someone to maintain their own currency file in a location that is
> immune from JDK updates.
>
> -Alan
    
    
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