Has any consideration been made to move the Charts into s separate module?

[Tom Eugelink]

But (I assumed charts was in core as Ramon said) taking a look at the javadoc; charts are in the controls module, not in the core (javafx-base or javafx-graphics). So that seems quite ok.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/javafx.controls-summary.html


On 6-1-2019 02:58, John-Val Rose wrote:
> I doubt any JavaFX application would use ALL the features so couldn’t you make the same argument for “detachment” about many other parts of JavaFX?
>
> And what are the “core components”? That is probably a subjective question.
>
>> On 6 Jan 2019, at 00:56, Ramon Santiago <ramonjsantiago at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I meant removing charts from the core of JavaFX and moving he charts to a separate JPMS  module.
>>
>> Why? They are not really core components are they? They are dead weight in applications that never will use them.
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 8:44 AM John-Val Rose <johnvalrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Ramon,
>>>
>>> I personally have never seen or heard of any such discussion and I’m not entirely sure in which context you are using the word “module”.
>>>
>>> Do you meaning simply removing charts from the core of JavaFX or do you mean creating the charts as an actual module within JPMS?
>>>
>>> Either way, can you tell us why you have thought of this idea?
>>>
>>> Graciously,
>>>
>>> John-Val
>>>
>>>> On 6 Jan 2019, at 00:33, Ramon Santiago <ramonjsantiago at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> rjs
>>
>> -- 
>> rjs