On 01/12/2017 08:11 PM, John Platts wrote: > I am interested in OpenJDK 8 builds with JEP 254 (Compact Strings) support > backported from OpenJDK 9. I like the compact strings work that is being done > in JDK 9, but I am interested in a OpenJDK 8 build with backported JEP 254 > support since I am working with Java applications that might not work in > OpenJDK 9 yet and since I would like take advantage of the feature in a > backported OpenJDK 8 build instead of having to wait for the JDK 9 release.
This was discussed a number of times both internally and externally, and the maintainers' consensus was that the feature is too intrusive VM- and JDK- wise. Backporting it would be very painful, and probably destabilizing for JDK 8. Think about the work one does enabling applications to run on JDK 9 as the price to get Compact Strings :) Thanks, -Aleksey
