RFR: 8257572: Deprecate the archaic signal-chaining interfaces: sigset and signal

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 15:23:38 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Thumbs up on the jsig.c change. No comment on the Lib.gmk change.
>
> Hi David,
> 
> I am fine with this, but since this is possibly a breaking change would this not need a release note?
> 
> ..Thomas

> > 
> > Hi David,
> > I am fine with this, but since this is possibly a breaking change would this not need a release note?
> 
> Well it isn't breaking anything at this stage as we are just issuing a
> deprecation warning. :) But yes I have filed a release note as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> David

Hi David,

:) Thanks. The warning might elude customers until JDK17 comes around and things stop working. With signal chaining being out of scope for the typical java consultant, the expertise may have gone so customers may need to look for someone changing and recompiling their native solution. Or bug vendors to do so.

Cheers, Thomas

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1587