DRAFT: Project Jigsaw: The Big Picture (part 1)

[mark.reinhold at oracle.com]

2011/12/21 5:01 -0800, eric at tibco.com:
> Given the amount of discussion about resolution throughout the entire document
> (which I'm glad to see), it sure seems like it should be mentioned as one of
> the design principles.
> 
> Perhaps something like:
> Requirements for resolution change depending on context - For compile time,
> resolution should favor the earliest possible version of a module. At
> installation time, favoring the latest possible version is likely appropriate,
> and further, ...

I don't think this is worth elevating to the level of a design principle.
Phase-dependent resolution behavior is nothing new (e.g., Maven does it),
so it's not a distinguishing feature of the Jigsaw module system.

- Mark