> On Jun 29, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Brent Christian <brent.christ...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Please review the following change for JDK 9: > > Bug: > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160370 > Webrev: > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bchristi/8160370/webrev.00/ > > The fix for 7131356 fills in the "os.version" system property on Mac using > [NSProcessInfo operatingSystemVersion], available starting in Mac OS 10.9. > > While JDK 9 will not support versions of Mac OS prior to 10.9 [1], not all > testing infrastructure has been updated, and we've seen failures of > > java/lang/System/OsVersionTest.java > > The code to restore behavior on older Mac systems is only a few lines, so > that seems like a good way to get testing going again.
I think we should move away from testing on unsupported platforms. Is this just temporary? when will this be removed? Mandy
