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List:       openjdk-serviceability-dev
Subject:    Re: RFR: 8286983: Add mention of "Preview Feature" for new loom related jdb and debug agent options 
From:       Chris Plummer <cjplummer () openjdk ! java ! net>
Date:       2022-05-26 3:50:36
Message-ID: ArfIf-hctkyhLpHyPbaf8oG6FTH6JFbqO-G-5xjLgHs=.d532879e-7177-4ddd-90ea-d7019a2a342f () github ! com
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On Thu, 26 May 2022 02:35:08 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes@openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > If virtual threads become permanent then the usage message would minimally be \
> > > updated to drop the sentence that virtual threads are a preview feature.
> > 
> > But that's precisely the commitment to this flag that I want to avoid.  I want \
> > something that is the equivalent of `EXPERIMENTAL` for `-XX` flags.
> 
> Again I have to say I agree with Chris. The flag itself is a "preview" flag and \
> relates to a "preview feature". If the feature goes obviously the flag does too, \
> but the flag could go even if the feature stays.

Please see the discussion with Alex in \
[JDK-8286983](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8286983)

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8780


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