[module-imports] Importing java.se?

[Stephan Herrmann]

Thanks, Alex!

On 17.07.24 22:38, Alex Buckley wrote:
> On 7/17/2024 1:01 PM, Stephan Herrmann wrote:
>> Where will the update be posted?
>
> JEP 261 will be updated inline, in a way that distinguishes the 
> original Java 9 rule from the Java 11 rule.
>
>> Meanwhile I found this in the announcement on jigsaw-dev:
>>      "As the policy is JDK-specific it means there aren't any 
>> specification changes."
>>
>> How does this match to the existence of a compiler that is not part 
>> of JDK? Should that compiler not implement the change?
>
> JEP 261 has scope SE, not scope JDK, so it was intended that the 
> default set of root modules is a characteristic of the Java Platform, 
> not just the OpenJDK implementation. We'll need to look into why 
> java.lang.module says the default set of root modules is 
> implementation specific, and why the CSR ended up with scope JDK.
>
> Alex