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Is that why JDK9 is 350MB (Windows x64) vs 190MB for JDK8u144? I'm off to go explore more, but for something that's meant to be smaller and more modular, this w
by ad133 9y ago
Is that why JDK9 is 350MB (Windows x64) vs 190MB for JDK8u144? I'm off to go explore more, but for something that's meant to be smaller and more modular, this was a bit of a surprise!
Edit: Also, I was sure Jigsaw was approved in the end; that's why we've had to wait until September.
- kuschku 9y agoFrom the article: > JDK 9 downloads are larger than JDK 8 downloads because they include JMOD files so that you can create custom run-time images. To learn about JMOD files see the Project Jigsaw Quick-Start Guide and JEP 282.
- silb 9y agoThe javac compiler has a new option "--release" which can compile against previous Java releases 6, 7 and 8. So the new JDK bundles parts of the previous releases.
- dramm 9y agoYes. Jigsaw was approved with some voters abstaining. https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=6050 https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=6050
- krzyk 9y agoTo be more clear, only Red Hat abstained (so not voters, but a single voter). Intel didn't vote at all. (on previous vote Intel voted yes)
- fusiongyro 9y agoYou can use Jigsaw to deliver smaller self-contained systems. It was never going to make the JDK itself smaller, just (maybe) help life for non-developers who have to use our crap.