RFR: JDK-8272984: javadoc support for reproducible builds [v2]

[Alan Bateman]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:13:49 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <jjg at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I was expecting that the common use of reproducible builds was to compare builds created within a reasonably short period of time. I was wanting to set a range that was less than the seemingly arbitrary range of 1980-2099 allowed by the jar tool.

The restriction that the year be in the range 1980-2099 is because of the legacy ZIP format and the use of extended DOS time stamps. It would require introducing new APIs to support a wider date range. I don't think javadoc needs to put any restriction on the range. I don't have any objection to 10 years, I was mostly curious why it is needed.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7171