2014/8/5 10:26 -0700, [email protected]: > Quick question: Why does this JEP need to make assumptions 4, 5, and 6? > Seems like assuming existing classpath semantics is good enough for this > JEP. Seems like these additional constraints just bring in a lot of text > about re-exporting, when, for the purposes of modularizing the JRE & JDK, > such technical details could be left to the module system, rather than > here. Did I miss something?
These assumptions are driven by the goal of making the platform more secure and maintainable: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/goals-reqs/03#security--maintainability - Mark
