RFR: JDK-8272984: javadoc support for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH [v2]

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:22:30 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I think this issue will require wider discussion because all previous investigation into this topic have concluded with the JDK not reading the env variable directly, instead providing a way to configure the timestamp. For the jar and jmod tools the option --date is used to specify a fixed timestamp for entries when reproducible builds are required. The Properties.store API specifies to read the system property java.properties.date so that date/timestamp in the comment uses a fixed date.

Noted.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6905