On 13/02/2017 14:32, David M. Lloyd wrote:
I think this is an error. It makes more sense to have the
javax.annotation package exist in its own module. If the long-idle
JSR 250 and specifications like it are really a concern, then this
module should follow the pattern of all other such modules and be
upgradeable.
It is its own module and it is upgradable.
This once again shines a bright light on a few key Jigsaw defects, and
it's getting a bit frustrating watching requirements get reconned to
compensate for implementation problems. This is purely a hack to make
up for an implementation difficulty and makes no sense when framed
from the perspective of the end user. Let's try to do better.
The technical debt here that a handful of APIs are "shared" between Java
SE and Java EE. The first steps to addressing that technical debt are in
the JSR 379 EDR.
-Alan.
