Re: [Jython-dev] Jython 2.7 standalone "lite" ?

[Jason S. <jm...@gm...>]

Has there been any recent work on making a Jython 2.7 standalone "lite"
package, with a smaller .jar size? (2.5.3 was 13.7M, 2.7 is 35.3M)

Some of us don't need the unicodedata module or the functionality in
bouncycastle or netty, and it would be nice to be able to use Jython
without these features if it reduces the .jar footprint.

thanks,
Jason Sachs

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On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:34 AM, David Charles <david.charkowsky@...>
wrote:

> Alex,
>
> Thank you for your reply.  Yes, I am using the standalone jar.  Here are
> my file sizes:
>
> $ ls -l jython-standalone*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 12345 users 13432713 Jun 12  2013 jython-standalone-2.7-b1.jar
> -rw-r--r-- 1 12345 users 28913501 Nov  4 14:25 jython-standalone-2.7-b3.jar
> -rw-r--r-- 1 12345 users 35018318 Feb 26 16:14 jython-standalone-2.7-b4.jar
>
> The only one that works for me is b1.  On the client, I am using javaws
> -clearcache between tests.
>
> Wow, jython-standalone-2.7-b4.jar is 34Mb?
>

Yes, sorry about that. We are focused on correctness first, then we will go
and trim down in subsequent 2.7.x releases, where x > 0. A huge chunk of
that additional bloat is supporting unicodedata and the corresponding ICU4J
jar we now use.

It should be a straightforward matter of programming to remove this ICU4J
dependency. Possibly this and other optimizations, especially startup time,
would be suitable for a Google Summer of Code student, given that we are
planning to participate this summer.

- Jim