Plan would reduce the size of the JDK by enabling the jlink tool to create custom run-time images without using the JDK’s JMOD files.

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An OpenJDK proposal aims to reduce the Java Development Kit (JDK) size by about 25% using the jlink tool to create custom runtime images without JMOD files. This would enhance Java performance in cloud environments by improving efficiency in copying JDK-inclusive container images over networks. The proposal introduces a build-time configuration option, --enable-linkable-runtime, to achieve this reduction.

Java proposal would shrink JDK by 25%

<p>that sounds fantastic, also people are using #graalvm for cloud or soon they will move to that , #java going strong as usual</p>


<p>Reducing the JDK size is a good thing, but if Java wants to compete with other languages in the cloud environment, it must reduce its size by 90%. Just as great effort has been made to achieve a garbage collector with times around the millisecond mark, it would be appropriate for the community to focus on a serious slimming down of the JDK. GraalVM alone is not enough.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​</p>
