jmod question

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Brian Pontarelli wrote:
>
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Mark Reinhold wrote:
>
>>> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:31:51 -0800
>>> From: jonathan.gibbons at sun.com
>>
>>> I don't appear to be able to reinstall a module, and there does not 
>>> appear to
>>> be a way to remove a module from a library.
>>
>> That's right.
>>
>>> Does this mean I have to start from scratch every time I want to 
>>> update the
>>> modules in a module library?
>>
>> I'm afraid so.
>>
>> Implementing re-install and un-install is not difficult, it just hasn't
>> yet been a priority.
>
> I could be behind on the Jigsaw terms, but why are you re-installing 
> or un-installing anything? Versioned artifacts should never change and 
> I'm assuming that a "module" is a versioned artifact that at some 
> point is associated with class files. Are you allowing the system to 
> have an artifact change over time?
>
> -bp
>
I think this boils down to the pragmatic: "mistakes happen."

-- Jon