On 14/07/16 09:59, Andrew Dinn wrote: > If this aspect of how Java currently works is to be removed then I > believe it needs to be done so on the basis of a publicly established > consensus, preferably under the aegis of the JSR EG. It certainly does > not seem right to me that such a goal should be adopted by an > implementation team without such consultation.
It goes much wider than Jigsaw: such a basic language change needs all stakeholders to be consulted. Most of them surely won't be reading the Jigsaw list, yet will still be affected. Andrew.