RFR [JEP 220] Modular Run-Time Images

[Chris Hegarty]

I’ve taken a pass over the non-build changes and don’t see anything of concern.  I put them though our internal build and test system, and the results look positive.

-Chris.

On 20 Nov 2014, at 21:39, Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com> wrote:

> This is a review request for the changes for JEP 220: Modular Run-Time Images [1].
> 
> There are a number of individuals responsible for these changes. Some, possibly not all, are explicitly listed in the 'To' section of this mail, and they will help address any comments arising from this review request.
> 
> The new run-time image structure is defined in JEP 220 [1], and can be seen as a result of building the staging forest [2], or in the early access builds [3].
> 
> Webrevs:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/8061971/00/
> 
> Due to the significant impact of these changes, a JDK 9 promotion has been tentatively reserved for their integration. All comments are welcome, although given the nature of the changes then we might have to create separate issues in JIRA to address some of them later in jdk9/dev.
> 
> -Chris.
> 
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/220
> [2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jigsaw/m2/
> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/ea