[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Missing com/sun/image/codec/jpeg/ classes in openJDK7

[John Wolfe]

I was evaluating the OpenJDK 7 on a FreeBSD 9.1 system and was surprised 
to discover that all the JPEG encoded/decode classes in:

    com/sun/image/codec/jpeg
    sun/awt/image/codec
are absent from the rt.jar.   These missing 12 classes are part of the 
OpenJDK 6 source release.

What is the reasoning for their absence?     This seems to break forward 
compatibility?

-- John Wolfe        Xinuos, Inc.