Re: [jakartaee-spec-project-leads] Looking for a couple of Wave:0 and Wa

[Mark Thomas <markt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/03/2020 21:20, Kevin Sutter wrote:
> Mark,
> Since we decided that the old javax signature files do not have to be
> kept around, I went ahead and merged your PR (since Scott Marlow had
> already approved it with the question mark about the old signature
> files).  I hope this helps make some progress...  Thanks!
> https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-platform/pull/166

Thanks. That moves things in the right direction but progress will
remain blocked until there is a candidate TCK release that includes
these changes.

Mark


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> Kevin Sutter
> STSM, MicroProfile and Jakarta EE architect @ IBM
> e-mail:  sutter@xxxxxxxxxx     Twitter:  @kwsutter
> phone: tl-553-3620 (office), 507-253-3620 (office)    
> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwsutter
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> From:        Mark Thomas <markt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To:        JakartaEE Spec Project Leadership discussions
> <jakartaee-spec-project-leads@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Kevin Sutter <sutter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:        03/16/2020 14:17
> Subject:        [EXTERNAL] Re: [jakartaee-spec-project-leads] Looking
> for a couple of Wave:0 and Wave:1 volunteers...
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> I'm starting to pull these together but progress is essentially blocked
> by the lack of TCK.
> 
> Mark
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> On 12/03/2020 13:01, Kevin Sutter wrote:
>> Excellent!  Thanks so much for volunteering, Mark.  
>> 
>> The next step would be to create the Draft PRs for the Specification
>> repo. <https://github.com/jakartaee/specifications/pulls> TheManaged
>> Beans PR <https://github.com/jakartaee/specifications/pull/135>is
>> available as an example.  You will also need the corresponding Apidocs
>> PR since EL has an API that generates javadoc.
>> 
>> I took a look at your PR for the TCK.  Scott Marlow has approved it, so
>> it's clear to be merged.  But, Bill had a question about removing old
>> signature files.  I posted a question back to the PR, but I will also
>> post a general question to the Platform mailing list to get that clarified.
>> 
>> Thanks again!
>> 
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>> Kevin Sutter
>> STSM, MicroProfile and Jakarta EE architect @ IBM
>> e-mail:  sutter@xxxxxxxxxx     Twitter:  @kwsutter
>> phone: tl-553-3620 (office), 507-253-3620 (office)    
>> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwsutter
>> <https://github.com/jakartaee/specifications/pulls>https://github.com/jakartaee/specifications/pulls
>> 
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>> From:        Mark Thomas <markt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To:        jakartaee-spec-project-leads@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date:        03/12/2020 02:59
>> Subject:        [EXTERNAL] Re: [jakartaee-spec-project-leads] Looking
>> for a couple of Wave:0 and Wave:1 volunteers...
>> Sent by:        jakartaee-spec-project-leads-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> Kevin,
>> 
>> EL-API should be in a position to do this.
>> 
>> I'm currently doing a final read of the specification document. Once
>> that is done the only remaining task is the TCK.
>> 
>> A PR [1] was provided to the TCK project for EL on 3rd Feb. Once that is
>> merged and a standalone TCK release is available then we should have
>> everything required.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> [1] https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jakartaee-tck/pull/150
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/03/2020 22:04, Kevin Sutter wrote:
>>> As I was looking at the overall work effort required to deliver Jakarta
>>> EE 9 by the end of June, I see that the Wave:1 deliverables would need
>>> to start their official ballots by *March 24*
>>> <https://github.com/orgs/eclipse-ee4j/projects/17#card-34451812>.
>>>  (Note, all of this is assuming a sequential ordering of our Wave
>>> deliverables, which is not always the case.  But, it's the worse case,
>>> so I'm going with it for this exercise.)
>>> 
>>> Since March 24 is less than two weeks away, I'd like to get some
>>> Specification Project volunteers to work through the process of
>>> delivering their materials for ballot.  I figured some of the Wave:0 and
>>> Wave:1 Projects would be the best ones to pick from.
>>> 
>>> Wave:0  
>>> https://github.com/orgs/eclipse-ee4j/projects/17?card_filter_query=label%3Awave%3A0
>>> Wave:1  
>>> https://github.com/orgs/eclipse-ee4j/projects/17?card_filter_query=label%3Awave%3A1
>>> 
>>> Once we start to work through the wrinkles of preparing for this ballot
>>> process, then we can maybe adjust the schedule deadlines to better align
>>> with reality.
>>> 
>>> For those of you not familiar with this balloting process, here are the
>>> official requirements
>>> <https://jakarta.ee/committees/specification/operations/#creating_a_final_specification>.
>>>  But, in a nutshell, you would need your final API, TCK, and Compatible
>>> Implementation ready to release to Maven.  If your Project is also
>>> planning to provide a Specification update based on the contributed
>>> Specification source, then your final Specification would also be
>>> required.  There are a few Specification Projects in Waves 0 and 1 with
>>> at least 6 out of the 11 checkboxes marked.  Can we get any volunteers
>>> from these Projects to help push these across the ballot finish line?
>>>  (Although much of the actual work can be provided by Contributors, the
>>> final push with the Jenkins builds and Maven releases would need to be
>>> done by Committers.)
>>> 
>>> Another caveat...  This request would be for Projects not dependent on
>>> Glassfish as their Compatible Implementation.  Glassfish will not be
>>> ready in time for this initial push.  I am focusing on Projects that
>>> have independent, standalone Compatible Implementations.  Those
>>> Implementations may eventuall feed into the Glassfish deliverable.  But,
>>> they can also be used as a standalone Compatible Implementation for
>>> testing and verification purposes.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> Kevin Sutter
>>> STSM, MicroProfile and Jakarta EE architect @ IBM
>>> e-mail:  sutter@xxxxxxxxxx     Twitter:  @kwsutter
>>> phone: tl-553-3620 (office), 507-253-3620 (office)    
>>> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwsutter
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