Downport JDK-8212828 (posix_spawn on Linux as non-default) to 11u

[David Lloyd]

I'm in favor FWIW.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:36 AM Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to have this patch in 11u too, so I just did a 11u
> downport request.
>
> Our agreement was that launchMechanism=POSIX_SPAWN would stay as
> optional non-default value for jdk12, and at the start of JDK13
> development we would switch the default to posix_spawn.
>
> I would like to see this non-default-but-possible-to-set option in 11u
> too, just to broaden the test surface. We'd get more testers that way.
>
> What do you think, does that make sense?
>
> Thanks, Thomas



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