JEPs proposed to target JDK 9 (2016/3/10)

[Mikael Vidstedt]

On 3/11/2016 1:30 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:51 PM,  <mark.reinhold at oracle.com> wrote:
>> The following JEPs have been placed into the "Proposed to Target"
>> state by their owners after discussion and review:
>>
>>    200: The Modular JDK
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/200
>>
>>    260: Encapsulate Most Internal APIs
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/260
>>
>>    261: Module System
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261
>>
>>    275: Modular Java Application Packaging
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/275
>>
>>    282: jlink: The Java Linker
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/282
>>
>>    284: New HotSpot Build System
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/284
>>
>>    285: Spin-Wait Hints
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/285
>>
>> The following JEP has been placed into the "Proposed to Drop"
>> state by its owner:
>>
>>    230: Microbenchmark Suite
>>         http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/230
>>
> Is there any place where I can get information on why this has been
> placed into "Proposed to Drop" state? Is it just a time/resources
> problem for jdk9 or is the plan to completely withdraw JEP 230?

As you guessed this is a time/resource problem. Given that the JDK 9 FC 
date is coming up fast we feel that it is not realistic to get the whole 
project finished up and pushed in time. I do think and hope that this 
can be picked up and targeted to an upcoming release instead, the sooner 
the better.

Hope this helps,
Mikael

>
> Regards,
> Volker
>
>
>> Feedback on these proposals is more than welcome, as are reasoned
>> objections.  If no such objections are raised by 22:00 UTC next
>> Thursday, 17 March, or if they're raised and then satisfactorily
>> answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [1] I'll target
>> these JEPs to JDK 9.
>>
>> (This information is also available on the JDK 9 Project Page [2]).
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>>
>> [1] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jep/jep-2.0-02.html
>> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/