Re: A possible JEP to replace SecurityManager after JEP 411

2022-04-08 Thread Andrew Dinn
uence, even less likely to be used than it is already. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Red Hat Distinguished Engineer Red Hat UK Ltd Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903 Directors: Michael Cunningham, Michael ("Mike") O'Neill On 07/04/2022 20:1

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

2021-08-03 Thread Andrew Dinn
super relationships. Secondly, if you tinker with or inject extra try regions you need to a) ensure they are properly nested inside containing try regions b) make sure that new exception exit paths out of synchronized regions include monitorexits. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Re

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

2021-08-02 Thread Andrew Dinn
threaten the integrity of the platform and instead concentrate on identifying simple and maintainable APIs that we can feasibly add to OpenJDK without incurring an unjustifiable maintenance burden. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Red Hat Distinguished Engineer Red Hat UK Ltd Registered i

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

2021-08-02 Thread Andrew Dinn
n when it comes to objecting to the lack of proportionality in Peter's claims. I believe Alan has answered your rather speculative follow-up comments so I'll rest on that clarification. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Red Hat Distinguished Engineer Red Hat UK Ltd Registered

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

2021-08-01 Thread Andrew Dinn
o Java and Java application developers. I recommend you stop repeating this distorted opinion. It's only effect will be squander the goodwill of those currently trying to help you, people whose driving interest is nothing other than to make OpenJDK a better product. regards, Andrew Dinn

Re: Authorization layer API and low level access checks.

2021-06-23 Thread Andrew Dinn
mplement a standard jar format solution using a provider model. However, you will still need to build the alternative provider jars using the relevant JDK releases so that different providers can rely on different JDK capabilities.. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Red Hat Distinguished En

Re: Authorization Layer post JEP 411

2021-06-03 Thread Andrew Dinn
nguage (and JVM) standards i.e. OpenJDK. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Red Hat Distinguished Engineer Red Hat UK Ltd Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903 Directors: Michael Cunningham, Michael ("Mike") O'Neill

Re: [External] : Re: JEP411: Missing use-case: Monitoring / restricting libraries

2021-05-20 Thread Andrew Dinn
Likewise, the lack of project team interest in maintaining the security manager and self-evident interest in applying resources to providing other, more valuable Java capabilities is not simply restricted to "Oracle" project members. regards, Andrew Dinn --- Red Hat Distin