Draft: Deprecate toLowerCase()/toUpperCase() and provide locale insensitive alternative

[Stuart Marks]

On 4/16/23 8:47 AM, Glavo wrote:
> I understand that Java 21 is around the corner and you have a lot of work to do, 
> so I'm sorry for taking up so much of your time.
> But for this issue, I think it really needs to be corrected. If new APIs cannot be 
> added in Java 21, it means that correcting these legacy issues in the community 
> will take at least two more years.
> I earnestly request that you pay more attention to this issue, and I am extremely 
> grateful.

There is a lot more to say about the technical issues, but I want to highlight the 
above. It indicates that you are trying to rush this change into JDK 21 because 
otherwise the solution will take two more years. This is a mistake. This is why we 
moved the JDK to six-month releases. Yes, I'm aware that JDK 21 is an Oracle LTS 
release. Rushing something into the next release because it's an LTS is a *bigger 
mistake.*

The reason that it's a mistake is that if you rush something in, and errors are 
discovered later, *other people will have to maintain it in perpetuity.*

Again, there are many other issues to discuss about this change, and in fact there 
are legitimate problems in this area that ought to be solved. However, I refuse to 
discuss them if it contributes to an immature change being rushed into JDK 21.

s'marks