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

[Daniel D. Daugherty]

On 7/12/18 9:20 PM, Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
>
> 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

This seems appropriate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technomage

Dan