2017/4/4 2:36:38 -0700, Andrew Dinn <ad...@redhat.com>: > ... > > More generally, it certainly doesn't help anyone when constructive > comments made by OpenJDK developers garner inattentive criticisms that > fail to allow for honest intentions and/or acknowledge different and, > potentially, competing needs. It's especially unfair to apply such > criticism to Alan who for months has been extraordinarily diligent in > investigating, considering and responding to those many competing needs.
Indeed! This project would be nowhere without Alan. > The same praise is due to many others in Oracle's OpenJDK team -- > consider, for example, the highly valuable, longstanding efforts of the > EA program team to identify and fix problems before JDK9 gets released. > Oracle have been working very hard to ensure JDK9 is a success and to > suggest otherwise is as misguided as it is unhelpful. This project would > be in a dire state without the contributions of Oracle staff and I for > one appreciate their contribution enormously. Thank you for the kinds words, Andrew. They are very much appreciated. - Mark
