RFR: JDK-8292351: tty should always live

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:24:02 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > I don't force using stdout. I prevent the VM from crashing.
> 
> Yes by forcing the use of stdout. There are users who go to great lengths to ensure nothing from the VM appears on stdout and this change would allow for such output with no way at all for the user to control it.
> 
> > > Is that real concern?
> > > Yes.
> 
> My question was not directed to the PR issue but to my own comment about now forcing use of stdout when users have taken steps to prevent that, and whether this is really a concern. And I think the answer in the past has been yes - as I said there have been customers who have insisted on nothing from the VM being written to stdout.

I'm equally fine with using stderr, which would have been my preference. I only chose stdout to keep with the standard behavior of VM output.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9874