JEP 12: JVM version constraints

[John Rose]

On Mar 26, 2018, at 4:10 PM, Alex Buckley <alex.buckley at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> In the time since you posted, there has been support on this list for rejecting non-zero minor versions, so enumerating actually-used versions is plausible. Bear in mind that preview features are part of Java SE, so the enumeration would be: (assuming preview features first surface in SE 11)
> 
> ...
> 10   45.*, 46.0, 47.0, 48.0, 49.0, 50.0, 51.0, 52.0, 53.0, 54.0
> 11   45.*, 46.0, 47.0, 48.0, 49.0, 50.0, 51.0, 52.0, 53.0, 54.0, 55.0, 55.65535
> 12   45.*, 46.0, 47.0, 48.0, 49.0, 50.0, 51.0, 52.0, 53.0, 54.0, 55.0, 56.0, 56.65535
> 
> Please confirm that's what you were expecting.

As a source of aforesaid "support", I'll say that I'd support this also.

Once we get minor version restrictions properly in place, then we can
allocate the freed-up code points for useful purposes, such as the
current proposal "experimental = *.65535".

— John