An update on ecosystem concerns removing javax.security.cert

[Eirik Bjørsnøs]

>
> Ideally javax.security.cert would have been removed a long time ago but
> the references from classes in javax.net.ssl make it difficult for both
> implementers and users of the API. So I think we are forced to kick it down
> the road for now.
>

I think we may disagree a bit on the assessment on the difficulty and
impact for implementers and users, but that's OK, I understand we would
need consensus to proceed.

Your effort to track down projects with usages and create PRs is very
> welcome as it helps to move things along.
>

In the "good news" department, my Netty 5 PR was merged today:

https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/13326#event-9027065789

Cheers,
Eirik.
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