[External] : Re: Add module-info to the project

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Thiago,

Thanks for the extra info.

It may be time to reconsider the need for JDK 8, but that is a separate 
discussion.

-- Jon

On 5/14/21 7:26 AM, Thiago Henrique Hupner wrote:
> Yes, adding a module-info I and target JDK 8, something like the JRT 
> filesystem
>
> I don't have an urgent need for this, but as most of the things I know 
> from JDK are modularized,
> I thought it was already modularized too.
>
> I didn't know the JDK 8 was a requirement.
>
> Best regards
>
> Thiago
>
> Em sex., 14 de mai. de 2021 às 11:19, Jonathan Gibbons 
> <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com <mailto:jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>> 
> escreveu:
>
>     Leonid,
>
>     AsmTools is used by jtreg, which still uses JDK 8. Changing this
>     will be
>     a Big Deal.
>
>     If there is any consideration to change the JDK version for AsmTools,
>     please let me know.  A half-way compromise would be to add
>     module-info.java and compile that file with JDK 9 (or later) but
>     still
>     compile the rest of AsmTools with JDK 8.
>
>     -- Jon
>
>
>     On 5/13/21 1:53 PM, Leonid Kuskov wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > The default version of asmtools' JDK is 8.  If there are
>     benefits associated with modularization of asmtools please explain
>     them.
>     > If they are valuable, then the JDK version will be bump up.
>     >
>     > Best,
>     > Leonid
>     >
>     > On 5/13/21, 9:47 AM, "asmtools-dev on behalf of Thiago Henrique
>     Hupner" <asmtools-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net
>     <mailto:asmtools-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> on behalf of
>     thihup at gmail.com <mailto:thihup at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >      Hi.
>     >
>     >      Is there a plan to add module-info to the ASMTools project?
>     >
>     >      Best regards
>     >
>     >      Thiago
>     >
>