java.compact$N modules were removed in jdk-9+150 [1][2]. We revisited the need for java.compact$N aggregator. Compact Profiles were useful in SE 8 but are legacy in 9, as intended from the outset. Highlighting them in the standard SE 9 module graph gives them unnecessary importance going forward. We want people who care about small systems to think about modules, not profiles.
In addition, these aggregator modules are not a complete solution since the necessary service providers are still needed to be added manually for the Compact Profile builds. Mandy [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171201 [2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-December/010561.html > On Jan 16, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Sander Mak <sander....@luminis.eu> wrote: > > The build I'm currently using (jigsaw-b151) doesn't contain the java.compactN > modules anymore. Looks like this is a deliberate removal [1], although I > can't find any reason for it. Are they permanently gone? Why? They made for > such a nice example of implied readability in the JDK... They were also > useful in constructing small images with jlink. As I understood things at > JavaOne, jlink with the compact module definitions was supposed to be a > 'migration path' from Java SE 8 embedded. > > > Sander > > [1] > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-December/010603.html
