On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 14:29 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 5/15/20 9:45 AM, Severin Gehwolf wrote: > > So, Andrew Haley, what's the verdict on this one? There is a risk, yes. > > Not fixing the bug seems riskier, though. Thoughts? > > Thanks for the detailed explanation. > > I think we have to keep sun.misc.Version working correctly but > sacrifice binary consistency in JVM_GetVersionInfo. As long as stuff > such as AOT compilation and class data sharing keep working I think > we're OK. It's not great, but it's an almost-inevitable consequence of > using a one-byte field for the minor version and bumping releases by > 10.
Agreed. Thanks for the review. I've requested 8u approval for this bug. Cheers, Severin
