RFR: 8339918: Remove checks for outdated -t -tm -Xfuture -checksource -cs -noasyncgc options from the launcher

Wed Sep 11 11:30:04 UTC 2024

On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:47:24 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can I please get a review for this change which cleans up the `java` launcher to remove checks/support for outdated options?
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> As noted in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8339918, these 6 options have been outdated and unsupported for several releases now. 2 of them even throw an error currently. The change in this PR removes the code which had specific checks for these options and will now consider these options just like any other unknown option to the launcher.
> 
> tier1, tier2 and tier3 testing passed with these changes. Higher tier testing is in progress.
> 
> Would this change require a CSR?

The CSR for this change is now ready for review at https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8339928

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20945#issuecomment-2343371236