On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:14:03 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> The current specification of this attribute at > https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/specs/jar/jar.html#class-path-attribute > is very extensive and I think very clear (and that's a good thing). However, > I think that page isn't visited very often or found easily. We significantly re-worded the Class-Path section a few releases back but the eco system continues to put file paths, photos of cats, and other problematic values into this attribute. > The tutorial for creating manifest files and adding `Class-Path` entry, I > think, is the more commonly visited one > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/downman.html (at least > that's the one I usually find in search results). I wonder if that tutorial > page can be improved a bit or at least point to the specification page of the > `Class-Path` attribute. This page mentions applets so this is a very old tutorial. We may be able to get it cleaned up. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20691#issuecomment-2311761855
