On 03/02/17 14:29, David M. Lloyd wrote: > I think one option we should consider is to perhaps disable automatic > modules for 9 and revisit the idea for 10, as it's late in the day and > still clearly not settled.
I don't think this is thinking about the trade-off correctly. Automatic modules may not work for some (or maybe many) of the more complicated cases but those failures can be addressed over time by adding a module.xml to update releases of jars. Automatic modules definitely does work for straightforward cases to provide an easy way of deploying jars you don't own/can't rewrite as modules. Much as I admit that there are going to be lots of cases where it will fail I think those where it just works will still be a large subset. So, automatic modules will definitely be a big help to a lot of users who want to get started with Jigsaw. And, well, maybe I need to say this -- yes, an easy start is a /big/ priority. That's merely 2 cents, gratis. Your mileage may vary, particularly when it fails for your app. But I don't the mere possibility of the latter as a reason to poop on someone (everyone?) else's parade. regards, Andrew Dinn -----------
