RFC: Draft JEP: Improved Metaspace allocator

[Thomas Stüfe]

Dear all,

I would like to hear what you think about the following proposal:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8221173

Do you consider this worthwhile?

I debated with myself whether a JEP is the correct umbrella for it. In the
past I did larger changes like this without JEP but in this case I feel
better with a confirmed and sponsored JEP behind me - from a certain size
on it just feels more appropriate.

As usual, I am not sure where to put Metaspace-related proposals to catch
all interested people, so I start with hs-dev. Please feel free to redirect
if needed.

Thanks a lot for your time,

Thomas