RFR: 8272137: Make Collection and Optional classes streamable

[Alan Bateman]

On 15/08/2021 14:29, Brian Goetz wrote:
> For the third time: This discussion illustrates why the PR was 
> premature; the design was not agreed upon first.  High-level design 
> discussions (i.e., "is this a good design", "is this a good idea at 
> all", "are we solving the right problem", "does it need to be solved 
> in the JDK") should happen first on the discussion lists; if they 
> happen on a PR like this, that's clear evidence that important steps 
> have been skipped.

The OpenJDK developers guide has been getting some TLC in recent months. 
One of the improvements is the "Socialize your change" section [1] which 
does try to make it clear that API proposals should be discussed on the 
mailing list before going near a PR.

-Alan

[1] https://openjdk.java.net/guide/#socialize-your-change