RFR: 8286851: Deprecate for removal several of the undocumented java launcher options

Tue Sep 17 07:59:04 UTC 2024

On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:28:54 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to deprecate several outdated and undocumented java launcher options? This addresses https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8286851.
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> Specifically, the non-standard launcher options `-verbosegc`, `-noclassgc`, `-verify`, `-verifyremote`, `-ss`, `-ms` and `-mx` will be deprecated for removal. With this change, a deprecation warning will be printed, if any of these options are used.
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> No new tests have been added for this change. Existing tests in tier1, tier2 and tier3 continue to pass.
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> I'll create a CSR shortly for this change.

A CSR is now ready for review for this change https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8340244

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21031#issuecomment-2354808407