Where to put supplementary docs?
Andrew Haley
aph-open at littlepinkcloud.com
Wed May 21 08:20:49 UTC 2025
On 4/24/25 16:26, Robbin Ehn wrote:
> One major challenge with the other places (CR, JBS, PR, wiki), is that
> they don't handle versioning. (naturally)
> This means the code can't safely refer to, e.g., a wiki page, as that
> page may describe a newer version.
> If a developer is working in JDK 11 or in the Loom project, they need
> the relevant documentation for that specific fork/branch.
Exactly this. Also, as soon as a document is no longer relevant, it can
be removed from the JDK source tree.
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