On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:15:46 GMT, Roger Riggs <rri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/util/OperatingSystem.java line 29: >> >>> 27: >>> 28: /** >>> 29: * Enumeration of operating system types and testing for the current OS. >> >> Would it be more correct to say an enumerating of operating system names >> rather than types? > > It is more OS type or kind than name; there are multiple distros that are > Linux, i.e. Ubuntu, Fedora, Oracle Linux, etc.. > It is not equivalent to `os.name`. 'Operating system families' seems well-established ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Operating_system_families ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12931
