http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/shedding_new_light_on_no
Interesting read on the compiled notes of the JCP Executive Committee meetings. I don't want to be a rumor-monger, so please read with a fine-toothed comb, and look up the meeting notes yourself for context. -Josh On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:22 PM, JodaStephen <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Mar 30, 10:36 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fine work in hunting down what this mess is really about. Never knew > > this committee thing could got so politically complex. > > Thanks. I'm glad I found the minutes, as they provide a lot more > background. At this point, I'm pretty comfortable saying publicly that > everyone else in the JCP has been willing to tell Sun they were wrong > (at least once), not just Apache. > > > FWIW, there is one discrepancy I can see in Sun's behaviour insofar as > > the (limited) EC meeting minutes can tell: > > > > Sun wants to trade a loss of control against getting a more or less > > free ride in getting a possible eventual Umbrella java7 JSR passed > > through the EC without any issues. > > > > Why? > > I have been as scrupulous as possible to publish what is demonstrable > by public links, rather than what I may know personally. Sadly, that > means I can't speculate on certain areas. > > > Is there going to be a bombshell in the java7 spec that would warrant > > all of that? > > I think that the public info suggests all development is via OpenJDK, > so I would be surprised to see a bombshell type surprise. > > Stephen > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
