The future of OpenJDK6

[David Holmes]

Going OT somewhat ...

On 15/03/2013 2:47 AM, Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Good lord.  Unsafe is probably going to disappear from view when
>> modularization happens, so people had better get used to its absence.
>
> I desperately hope so, but it is probably not realistic given how many high profile frameworks use it.

Unsafe will never go from OpenJDK6, 7 or 8. In a modular world the 
relevant API's will need to be promoted to full supported status.

Cheers,
David

> Regards,
> Jeroen
>