On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:10:17 GMT, Mark Powers <mpow...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> I tested old bytes on new release. It passes. I didn't test new bytes on an > old release because of Max's "from the future" comment. Honestly, I'm not > sure what any of this testing proves. Maybe that the Java Object > Serialization Specification isn't broken? Supposedly if the newer bytes doesn't work with the older releases, it is a compatibility format change and you should change the serialVersionID value to indicate it. In this case, some may wonder if it's worthwhile to remove this field. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10206
