[External] : Re: JEP 411, removal of finalizers, a path forward.

[Ron Pressler]

> On 4 Aug 2021, at 01:19, Peter Firmstone <peter.firmstone at zeus.net.au> wrote:
> 
> Excellent, Ron, that's exactly what I'm after.
> 
> I need to be able to implement an authorization layer on top of the JDK, but reach down into the JDK to use authorization to control access.
> 
> Can we find out how many such checks that OpenJDK is prepared to support, then we will pick the most important?
> 
> 

Pick any three you’d like.

I’m joking. How many or few — or whether this is the right approach at all — depends, like everything, on value 
vs. cost. Maybe Sean or Alan can tell you where the best place to discuss this is — there probably won’t be a 
separate mailing list, as it won’t be a big project — but perhaps it’s best to let things sink in for a while and 
take time to think. The OpenJDK development process is such that the relevant stewards of the platform, people 
like Alan and Sean, make the decisions, the committers do the development, and relevant (and, preferably
succinct) feedback from users is appreciated.

It’s important to remember that while all feedback is taken seriously, not all of it is accepted, for the simple
reason that it is ultimately the stewards’ job to consider the interests of the entire ecosystem — to the best
of their abilities — and not just that of those who give feedback.

To see what ideas are currently being considered and which proposals are planned — the stewards will present 
them to the OpenJDK community at the appropriate time — see the Future Work section of the JEP: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411#Future-Work

— Ron