Linda DeMichiel <linda.demichiel_at_oracle.com> wrote on 07/15/2011 07:51:26
PM:
> In Java EE 6 we identified the following technologies as candidates
> for pruning, marking them as "Proposed Optional":
> JAX-RPC
> JAXR
> Java EE Deployment
> EJB Entity Beans
>
> ...
>
> To avoid any backtracking on the part of EJB 3.2, I would prefer to
> decide at this point which of the Proposed Optional technologies
> listed above should be designated as Optional as of Java EE 7. We
> would prefer that all of you express a position on this so that we can
> best evaluate the extent to which there is consensus.
I'm in favor of making them all optional, though at some point I'd like to
have a discussion on whether optional features should be optional or
completely removed.
Thanks,
Jim Knutson
WebSphere J2EE Architect