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[javaee-spec users] Re: Digest for list users_at_javaee-spec.java.net

From: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:16:38 -0800

arjan tijms wrote on 02/29/16 14:53:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Linda DeMichiel <linda.demichiel_at_oracle.com
> <mailto:linda.demichiel_at_oracle.com>> wrote:
>
> This would be an API change. As such, it would need to be done in a
> new version of the spec.
>
>
> But a MR can also be a new version of the spec, right? Like JSF 2.1, JTA 1.2
> and JASPIC 1.1 among others, which were all done as a MR if I'm not mistaken.
>
Yes.

Please read JCP Processes
<https://java.net/projects/javaee-spec/pages/JCPProcesses>.

The proposed change to the Interceptors spec is a Errata-type change, which is
done using the JCP MR process. Even though the JCP MR process can also be used
for an API-type change, that's not what Linda is proposing.

Somehow I knew everyone would be confused by this... :-)