Re: Java module separations

Jesse Glick wrote:

> Vitezslav Stejskal wrote:
>
>> * java/api - This is the basic java API module. Now it contains all 
>> the java APIs mixed together, but they should be separated from 
>> there. It will contain only the ClassPath API because of keeping the 
>> backward compatibility with Netbeans 3.4/3.5.
>
>
> Note that it is straightforward to split a portion of an API module 
> off into its own module without sacrificing compatibility.
>
> http://www.netbeans.org/download/dev/javadoc/OpenAPIs/org/openide/modules/doc-files/api.html#refactoring 
>

Great! Then I would propose to move the Classpath API to the 
java/classpath module and delete the java/api and use the 
module-auto-deps mechanism to keep old modules working.

Thanks,
-vita