Re:JDK 9 General-Availability Release
by kuschku on Thursday September 21, 2017 @06:13PM
(#15307807)
From 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.
Re:JDK 9 General-Availability Release
by silb on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:43AM
(#15310135)
The 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.
> 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.