Vote: yes
> On Jan 31, 2017, at 11:19 PM, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote: > > Since the dawn of time (i.e., 1997) a group of individuals known as the > "CCC" has reviewed every change to every exported interface of the JDK, > including not just APIs but also system properties, command-line flags, > environment variables, and file formats. The goals of the CCC are to > ensure that every such change is motivated, documented, as compatible > as possible, and, finally, consistent with related interfaces, standing > practice, and developer expectations. > > The CCC was originally created at Sun, and then carried over into Oracle, > but it has remained an internal entity that is neither transparent nor > accountable to the wider OpenJDK Community even though it has the power > to reject prospective interface changes. This is inconsistent with the > overall goals of the Community. > > Per the OpenJDK Bylaws [1], therefore, I hereby propose the creation of a > new Group, "Compatibility & Specification Review", or "CSR", to replace > the CCC. The Group Lead will be Joe Darcy, who has led the CCC within > Oracle for the past seven years. The initial Group Members will include > Alan Bateman, Brian Goetz, David Holmes, Doug Lea, Phil Race, and me. > > The CSR Group will not of itself have any particular authority. The Lead > of any OpenJDK Project may, however, choose to empower the CSR Group to > review interface changes proposed within that Project. In my role as > Lead of the active JDK Release Projects [2], I intend to do that. > > The actual CSR process will be proposed and adopted within the CSR Group > once it's formed. Preliminary support for the process has already been > prototyped in JBS. > > Only Members of the Governing Board [3] are eligible to vote on this > motion. Votes must be cast in the open by replying to this message. > Votes are due in two weeks, by 23:00 UTC on Tuesday, 14 February. > > For Simple Majority voting instructions, see [4]. > > - Mark > > > [1] http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#_4 > [2] http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#jdk-release-projects > [3] http://openjdk.java.net/census#gb > [4] http://openjdk.java.net/groups/#new-group-vote
