JEP proposed to target JDK 24: 493: Linking Run-Time Images without JMODs

[Mark Reinhold]

2024/10/29 10:51:25 -0400, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 24:
> 
>   493: Linking Run-Time Images without JMODs
>        https://openjdk.org/jeps/493
> 
>   Summary: Reduce the size of the JDK by approximately 25% by enabling
>   the jlink tool to create custom run-time images without using the JDK's
>   JMOD files.  This feature must be enabled when the JDK is built; it
>   will not be enabled by default, and some JDK vendors may choose not to
>   enable it.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 16:00 UTC on Tuesday, 5 November, or if they’re raised
> and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal
> [2] I’ll target this JEP to JDK 24.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 24.

- Mark