FYI, support for javac -source/-target-/--release 6 removed from JDK 12 repo

[Joseph D. Darcy]

On 7/12/2018 6:14 PM, Remi Forax wrote:
> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "joe darcy" <joe.darcy at oracle.com>
>> À: "jdk-dev" <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>> Envoyé: Vendredi 13 Juillet 2018 03:01:16
>> Objet: FYI, support for javac -source/-target-/--release 6 removed from JDK 12 repo
>> Hello,
>>
>> Previous discussion on whether or not to remove support for javac
>> -source/-target-/--release from JDK 11 settled instead on removing that
>> functionality from JDK 12 [1].
>>
>> That removal has now been pushed to jdk/jdk. [2] A small related
>> enchantment shows the set of supported -source and -target alternatives
>> in javac's -help output.
> This is a spell-ing error, right :)

No magic in the change, but I do think it is a helpful one :-)

-Joe