Re: [jakartaee-tck-dev] What is the plan for building jaxb-tck?

[Scott Marlow <smarlow@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/18/19 3:25 PM, Edward Bratt wrote:
> Scott,
>
> Jakarta EE is the generic project name (at least that's how I'm using it
> below).
>
> We originally proposed that the very next release of Eclipse GlassFish
> (after 5.1) would pass BOTH the Java EE stable TCKs (these are licensed
> by Oracle) AND the TCKs built from the contributed source -- in
> jakartaee-tck project repositories, and a hand-full of other
> repositories (e.g. JavaMail TCK is located in the JavaMail project).
>
> Once that is completed, Jakarta EE has a baseline from which it can
> evolve both the run-time implementation, and the Specifications.
>
> Jakarta EE 8 -- is intended to be the same as Java EE 8 -- this would be
> a platform that passes both Java EE 8 and Jakarta EE 8 TCKs.
>
> Jakarta EE 9 would build from Jakarta EE 8.
>
> Make sense?

I should of been more specific with my question which was when does the 
platform move to higher Java SE versions.

Yes, your response makes sense.

Scott

> -- Ed
>
>
> On 3/18/2019 11:40 AM, Scott Marlow wrote:
> > Thanks Ed + others for the responses, much appreciated!
> >
> > On 3/15/19 1:59 PM, Ed Bratt wrote:
> > > Hi Scott,
> > >
> > > We'd be grateful for assistance. I will let Bhat, Ankit and others
> > > chime in about where you and/or other community members can best
> > > contribute.
> >
> > Great, thanks!  Let us know if we should ask our questions here or if
> > a phone call meeting would be better for getting more of us familiar
> > with the internal workings of the current CTS/TCK building jobs.  I've
> > looked at some of them and I cannot tell if there is more than what I
> > can view.
> >
> > > Once all the third party components are approved by the Eclipse EMO,
> > > we can start moving the Jenkins work forward. There are other
> > > components which will have to be adjusted as the platform moves to
> > > higher Java SE versions. No doubt this will be part of the Jakarta EE
> > > evolution work.
> >
> > Do you mean for Jakarta EE 9?
> >
> > The evolution work will be an interesting ride forward! :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott