Hi Malte,

you wrote:
> I think it's better to break AWT API compatibility once, instead of many
> times in many releases.
> 
Which really also might turn out as "never" - the unlikeliness of
the big-bang-change to happen was already pointed out (since when
are we talking about awt redesign? I personally think it's >8 years
now).

> If people want to spread API changes over multiple releases, we would
> need to clarify in advance that API compatibility is nothing we want to
> take care for anymore in general [...]
>
This is totally misleading. It's highly unlikely that the change Frank
is proposing will cause any external incompatibility.

Cheers,

-- Thorsten

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