Project Initium and the Minimal Configuration Problem

We are given a fully-quali ed class name that contains amainmethod for launching an application,in addition to a directory containing all the source les and a list of Jar les used in the larger project. We seekto nd, isolate and minimize a set of Java source and Jar les that are necessary and sufficient for compilation,execution and dissemination of a Java system. Large projects are hard to compile and take a lot of computer andhuman resources. The minimal dissemination system is important for teaching, packaging and deployment. Thispaper describes a new feature of Project Initium. Initium is a Latin word that means:at the start.