On Wed, 2015-02-18 at 16:06 -0800, Phil Race wrote: > There have been brief internal exchanges every now and again for some > substantial period > of time (18 months at least) as to whether we should consolidate the > various JDK client groups > in openjdk. The client groups are considered to be 2d, awt, swing, and > sound (see > http://openjdk.java.net/groups/). > There is substantial overlap and some confusion over the boundaries of > these areas and > Sound in particular has a very small membership. > So we are floating the idea of consolidating the groups into one large > strong group (client) where > anyone who is a member of one of the consolidated groups would be a > member of > the new group. Any project sponsored by the consolidated groups would be > deemed > sponsored by the new client group. There would still be some 'division' > as I expect the > individual mailing lists to persist. There would only be one 'lead' of > course and that > might be one consequence worth calling out. > > Whether to proceed with the idea will depend in part on the feedback to > the proposal > which we are soliciting here. So is this something we should pursue ? > > -Phil Race.
I would make sense for me as well. Cheers, Mario
