Page History

...

The main top-level components of the JDK product (with main corresponding OpenJDK lists, if any) include:

• core-libs (core-libs-dev, nio-dev)
• client-libs (2d-dev, awt-dev, swing-dev, beans-dev, sound-dev)
• security-libs (security-dev)
• other-libs
• deploy
• install
• tools (language-related tools discussed on compiler-dev)
• hotspot (hotspot-dev, hotspot-compiler-dev, hotspot-gc-dev, hotspot-runtime-dev)
• core-svc (serviceability-dev)

For the libs areas, the primary name of the subcomponent will be the package of the API in question. When a more detailed classification within the technology area of a package is needed, the package name will be followed by a colon (":") and a name for the more detailed area. For example, in the core-libs component, there will be subcomponents like:

...

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
— Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/core-libs-dev