[8u communication] Adjustment of OpenJDK 8u release versions

[Matthias Klose]

On 30.03.2016 00:49, Rob McKenna wrote:
> With the release of JDK 8u77 [0], the version numbers of the current and future OpenJDK 8u releases need to be adjusted.
>
> To avoid confusion with any versions that were already in development, I'd like to propose the following:
>
>     * The next release of this Project to be called 8u92, instead of 8u76
>     * The release after that release to be called 8u102, instead of 8u82
>
> Both proposals are open for discussion for one week until April 5th. Regards,

well, the 8u102 tag is already used, so why discuss it?  Is there a documented 
rationale why to jump from 8u76 to 8u92? afaics these were just +4 updates in 
the past, not +16.

Matthias