[ee4j-pmc] 3rd Party Dependency CQs for the new EE4J projects

["Kevin Sutter" <sutter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi to everyone following the PMC communications...

I'm seeing multiple CQs come across
the PMC email chain asking for approval for the use of JUnit 4.12.  Although
doing the piggyback route of getting these approved is relatively easy,
it still requires a review and approve by the PMC.  And, in most cases,
these type of 3rd party approvals can be grouped under "build and
test" dependencies.

I posted this type of information to
the first CQ that I noticed the other day:  https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15403

The official Eclipse documentation for build and
test dependencies is located
here:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/IP/Test_and_Build_Dependencies

I have also documented our (MicroProfile) third party dependency process
here:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/MicroProfile/3rdPartyDependencyProcess

Hope this helps.

There are two types (at least) of CQs...
 One is for the product's use of 3rd party dependencies.  These
are normally shipped with the product (or component).  For example,
Apache Commons.  And, the other one is for Build and Test type dependencies.
 These are not shipped with the product, but only used for building
and testing.  These type of dependencies can be grouped together and
submitted as a single unit.

For example, here's a recent Build and
Test CQ that I did for MicroProfile 1.3 release:  https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15198

The PMC still needs to review and approve
these type of requests, but all of these dependencies can be grouped together
and done as a unit instead of individually.  Please pass the word
to your respective EE4J components.  Thanks!

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