2013/1/10 10:59 -0800, bob.vande...@oracle.com: > Thanks for all the input. Here's an update to the proposal based on the > feedback I've received so far. > > OS.ARCH ADDITIONS > ----------------------------- > > ... > > The only remaining problem is that of ABI. For this I propose the > addition of a single new property. > > os.arch.abi
This makes sense, but since you're not proposing to add this new property to the Platform Specification [1] its name should start with "jdk." or "sun.". Current convention would be to use "jdk.", but given that the names of existing closely-related properties already start with "sun." (sun.arch.data.model, etc.), this new property should be named "sun.arch.abi". > This will be set to the industry standard abi name that toolchain > vendors use. > > For Linux and Android these would be: > > gnueabi > gnueabihf (signifying the EABI hard float ABI) > androideabi Will this property be defined for regular Linux, Mac OS, or Windows builds? > OS.NAME ADDITIONS > ----------------------------- > > My proposal below for os.name stands with the exception of Apple > platforms. For iPhone and iPad Java implementations, we will be > setting os.name to "iOS" since Apple informed me that there is really > no concrete specified relationship between OSX and iOS. They are two > very distinct OS platforms and should be treated as such. > > I would still like to propose os.variant and os.variant.version for > Android. I don't think it makes sense to describe Android as a variant of Linux. Sure, it's built on top of a Linux kernel, but the rest of the environment is vastly different from the typical Linux distro where "os.name" currently has the value "Linux". In short form, Linux : Android :: Mac OS : iOS. The "os.name" property should have the value "Android" on Android devices, and "os.version" should be the Android version number. Given that, I don't see a compelling need to introduce "os.variant" properties at this time. - Mark [1] http://download.java.net/jdk8/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties%28%29
