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An Oracle executive wants to prune the Stripped Implementations feature from Java Standard Edition 8, citing a need to prevent fragmentation and do the licensing properly. The decision comes on the heels of Oracle deciding to let some bugs stay in Java 8 upon its release so the project stays on schedule.

Stripped Implementations enable specific implementations of Java SE packaged with the Java library and application code that will run on it. Elements that don't depend on the code would be omitted partially or entirely.

However, Stripped Implementations brings risks of fragmentation in Java. Guarding against this fragmentation and preserving compatibility requires "nontrivial changes to the TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit) license," said Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java platform group at Oracle, in an OpenJDK mailing list post on Friday. The TCK is used to test for compliance with official Java specifications. Java SE 8 is the basis for Java Development Kit, which is due to become available on March 18.

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