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

[Mark Reinhold]

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.

- Mark


[1] https://openjdk.org/census#jdk
[2] https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jep/jep-2.0-02.html