RFR [JEP 220] Modular Run-Time Images

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 11/21/2014 06:19 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 21/11/2014 13:58, Seán Coffey wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> just a passing comment from me. I've been looking at the extension 
>> directory changes. Looks like some code, locale resource files, man 
>> pages and help menus still need updating to remove the ext dir 
>> references. Is that tracked already ?
>>
>> The rmic, javadoc and javac tools still have the concept of an 
>> extension directory.
> Yes, there is a bit of clean-up required, particularly docs/man pages, 
> and there is an issue tracking that.
>
> For javac then we have JDK-8062015 to track looking at -endorseddirs 
> as the changes mean it's only applicable when compiling to an target 
> <= 8. Jon can confirm but I think that will be sorted out later.
>
> -Alan.


Yes, javac will continue to support those options for older releases.

-- Jon