[ji] allow for initialize() to be a valid Java method

[kares]

(been deprecated all way back to 1.7) ... so maybe a good time to remove?!

and resolve #1408

[enebo]

@kares This one makes me nervous() IRubyObject.initialize() just feels like something I could see a native ext calling. OTOH it has been throwing Deprecated errors for 2+ years.

[kares]

@enebo yeah I wasn't sure about this one either. feel free to postpone (or just remove milestone).

[enebo]

@kares I feel too leery on this one but I don't want it open until our next major reelase. So I am closing.

[kares]

re-opening ... potentially to be considered for next major release

[ivoanjo]

Any hope for this one? I just bumped into this exact same issue 😱

[headius]

After looking at this again...I'm not really too scared of removing this long-deprecated method.

@enebo Worst case we'd have to restore it in 9.2.1, right?

[enebo]

@headius this is a significant release so I tend to agree with you. As you say worst-case revert if we get too many troubles :)