2017/4/3 11:41:03 -0700, mandy.ch...@oracle.com: > Webrev: > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8175819/webrev.00/ > > ... > > This shows the old and new value of OS_NAME/OS_ARCH properties > in the `release` file: > > JDK 8 JDK 9 > ----- ----- > OS_NAME Linux linux > SunOS solaris > Darwin osx > Windows windows > > OS_ARCH i386,x86 x86 > i586,amd64,x86_64 x64 > sparcv9 sparcv9 > arm arm32 > aarch64 arm64
I suggest we use "amd64" instead of "x64" (or any other variants). "x64" is confusingly close to "x86", and while it's used by some companies (including Oracle), it's not used all that widely. "amd64" is better known, matches the long-standing value of the "os.arch" system property (on Linux and Windows, anyway) and, as a side benefit, honors the originators of the architecture. - Mark
