[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] <AWT Dev> [8] Review request for 8011059 [macosx] Make JDK demos look perfect on retina displays

[Clemens Eisserer]

Hi Jim,

> We should be looking to obsolete and delete getScaledInstance(), not giving
> it a new lease on life with new capabilities...

Marking it deprecated would probably be a good idea, at least the JDK7
javadocs don't warn developers in any way about the implications of
using getScaledInstance().
Maybe something like getScaledCopy() could be provided as replacement
(I've never seen code where the in-sync feature of getScaledInstance
was used intentionally).

- Clemens