Simplicity [was: Re: DRAFT: Project Jigsaw: The Big Picture (part 1)]

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2011/12/22 9:16 -0800, njbartlett at gmail.com:
> I appreciate your effort to document the current status of Jigsaw. Try
> as I might, I cannot hold back from commenting on your assertion that
> "the Jigsaw design is, so far, very much simpler than OSGi." Obviously
> you will disagree, but I feel the exact opposite: the Jigsaw design is
> already more complicated than OSGi, especially with the recent
> addition of module views. If Jigsaw's goal is to create a module
> system that is more easily understandable than OSGi, then it is
> failing.

Yes, naturally I disagree.  For one thing, Jigsaw neither has nor needs
a concept of module lifecycles, so that's a pretty big simplification
right there.  I could list more, but I don't expect to convince you to
change your mind.

> This is not intended as a flame. I acknowledge that the appearance of
> complexity is highly subjective, and I would appreciate the opinions
> of people who are not already inculcated in either of the OSGi or
> Jigsaw camps.

Informed opinions from such people would definitely be valuable.

- Mark