comment on yes for vor JSR-291

[Geir Magnusson Jr <ge...@pobox.com>]

I voted yes this morning for JSR-291 with the following comment :

"As we are a supporter of this JSR, and a proposed member of the Expert 
Group, we would like to see this JSR begin.  Apache has an OSGi 
implementation project (http://incubator.apache.org/felix/), and 
therefore has an interest in how the community standardizes this 
technology in the Java ecosystem.

That said, we do have concerns.  We recognize that the objections of 
other EC members about "rubberstamping" should not be dismissed. 
However, we believe that this is a judgment that can only be made later, 
and we welcome the opportunity to bridge two technical communities and 
try to remove the obvious tension between JSR-277 and OSGi.

We emphasize our interest in seeing collaborative  community engagement 
in the expert group, and expect that as with any other JSR, the proposed 
timeline will shift to accommodate the needs of EG as it does it's work.

Finally, we congratulate the spec lead on opening the expert group mail 
list to read-only access to any interested party, and expect that there 
will be no requirements for such access other than an expression of 
interest.  Further, in the interest of widespread adoption, we again 
urge the spec lead to create the RI and TCK as open source software, 
either through a new effort, or via one of the existing open source 
communities currently engaged in OSGi implementation."

Re: comment on yes for vor JSR-291

[Dain Sundstrom <da...@iq80.com>]

+1

-dain

On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:56 AM, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote:

> I voted yes this morning for JSR-291 with the following comment :
>
> "As we are a supporter of this JSR, and a proposed member of the  
> Expert Group, we would like to see this JSR begin.  Apache has an  
> OSGi implementation project (http://incubator.apache.org/felix/),  
> and therefore has an interest in how the community standardizes  
> this technology in the Java ecosystem.
>
> That said, we do have concerns.  We recognize that the objections  
> of other EC members about "rubberstamping" should not be dismissed.  
> However, we believe that this is a judgment that can only be made  
> later, and we welcome the opportunity to bridge two technical  
> communities and try to remove the obvious tension between JSR-277  
> and OSGi.
>
> We emphasize our interest in seeing collaborative  community  
> engagement in the expert group, and expect that as with any other  
> JSR, the proposed timeline will shift to accommodate the needs of  
> EG as it does it's work.
>
> Finally, we congratulate the spec lead on opening the expert group  
> mail list to read-only access to any interested party, and expect  
> that there will be no requirements for such access other than an  
> expression of interest.  Further, in the interest of widespread  
> adoption, we again urge the spec lead to create the RI and TCK as  
> open source software, either through a new effort, or via one of  
> the existing open source communities currently engaged in OSGi  
> implementation."