[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] <AWT Dev> Review Request for 6879044

[Oleg Sukhodolsky]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Igor Nekrestyanov
<Igor.Nekrestyanov at sun.com> wrote:
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>> imho removing dependency on j.u.logging for me looks as strange as
>> removing
>> dependency on j.l.Object or java.util.* :)
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>>> For example, if the libraries are broken up into a
>>> set of fine grain modules then why would I need to have a logging module
>>> installed to run a simple client application?
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps because most application use logging ;)
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> But in general it is useful for developers only.

Agree, but if the application uses logging (which is disabled of course)
it anyway initialize the logging and has the same problem as AWT or 2D have now.

> Why end user need it unless it wants to debug/trace?

the end-user doesn't need logging, but application may contain it any way.

Oleg.
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