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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:27:42 -0400
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On 7/14/2016 4:04 PM, Steve Graham wrote:
> Thanks, Arne.  Should this be reported to Oracle?

Not necessarily.

The logic may be that:
- for running Java apps they want to make it very easy to always
   use latest Java
- for developing Java they expect the developer to manually pick
   the version they want to use

Or it may not be.

Arne