The specification version for 9.1 updates

[Volker Simonis]

Hi Daniil,

glad to see that somebody else it at least realizing this problem :)

I'm assigned to this bug. I have a webrev out for review since April
[1]. Last time I pinged the mailing list was in June [2].
Unfortunately nobody seems to be interested in fixing this.

I think my proposed fix (see
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/2016/8149519/) is trivial
and straightforward so I don't understand what's the problem with it.

Regards,
Volker

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/verona-dev/2016-April/thread.html#393
[2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/verona-dev/2016-June/000420.html


On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Iris Clark <iris.clark at oracle.com> wrote:
> Hi, Daniil.
>
> You're observing the following bug:
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>     8149519: Investigate implementation of java.specification.verison
>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8149519
>
> (The summary should probably be changed to more accurately describe the problem.)
>
> I'm trying to get back to this bug, but the key point is that value of this system property is determined by JCP activity (e.g. a Maintenance Release), not the version of the JDK.
>
>> Am I right that the specification version for 9.1 should still be 9?
>
> Yes.  The value will remain "9" at least until the first MR for JSR 379 (Java SE 9 Release Contents).
>
> Thanks,
> iris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniil Titov
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 9:39 AM
> To: verona-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: The specification version for 9.1 updates
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Per http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/223 "The major version number, incremented for a major release that contains significant new features as specified in a new edition of the Java SE Platform Specification"  so $MINOR should not be part of the specification version.
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> At the same time trying the build 9.1.1 (produced with following additional arguments passed to configure:
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> "--with-version-pre= --with-version-major=9 --with-version-minor=1 --with-version-security=1 --with-version-opt=") and dumping system properties shows that "java.specification.version = 9.1.1" while "java.vm.specification.version = 9"
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>
>
> Am I right that the specification version for 9.1 should still be 9?
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>
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> Thanks!
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> Best regards,
>
> Daniil
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>