[ad133]

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]

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.

[silb]

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.

[dramm]

Yes. Jigsaw was approved with some voters abstaining. https://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=6050

[krzyk]

To 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]

You 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.