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[jsr372-experts] Re: Some concerns about EG activity

From: Josh Juneau <juneau001_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:28:40 -0600

EB> Josh, as far as I know, that one is done in the EDR. Do you have any
EB> further suggestions on it?

Thanks Ed, I will test this implementation out and blog about it, and I'll
let you know if I have any further suggestions.

Josh Juneau



On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Edward Burns <edward.burns_at_oracle.com>
wrote:

> >>>>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 15:53:15 +0100, arjan tijms <
> arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> said:
>
> AT> I'd like to share some concerns about the level of activity of this
> AT> EG.
>
> Your concerns are indeed well founded! It's gotten very quiet around
> here!
>
> AT> I'm very happy with the recent proposal by Bauke, but apart from that,
> AT> activity currently doesn't seem to be at the same level as it once was.
>
> AT> If you look at the commits in the RI, then it's quite clear that
> activity
> AT> is a little down, even after the master branch was opened again. See
> AT> https://github.com/javaserverfaces/mojarra/commits/master
>
> AT> Looking at the amount of actual features being developed for JSF 2.3
> (e.g.
> AT> actual code), then when JSF 2.3 just started Manfred was doing an
> amount of
> AT> commits for the initial CDI alignment feature, but after approximately
> AT> early 2015 I didn't see JSF 2.3 feature commits from him anymore
> (please
> AT> correct me if I'm wrong, I may have missed something).
>
> AT> As for Ed, there were some clarifications during 2015 and one bigger
> AT> feature just before JavaOne (validateWholeBean). I'm not entirely sure
> if
> AT> that feature is deemed fully ready wrt to the implementation (the spec
> AT> issue is closed though), but after JavaOne no more commits were being
> done
> AT> for it.
>
> Yes, I just sent a followup email on that one.
>
> AT> As for the various EG members, a variety of issues were assigned to
> AT> different people, but I've not yet seen many patches or code commits
> for
> AT> those.
>
> Yes, I agree. Everyone, if you have some things on your plate, please
> let us hear the status.
>
> AT> Now my own activity is down too, so I know I'm to blame as well, but
> that
> AT> still doesn't take away that IMHO activity could improve a little.
> It's now
> AT> almost 2016, so perhaps a good time to reflect on what we have
> accomplished
> AT> last year and what we plan to accomplish next year ;)
>
> Yes, but with the holidays it's normal to see a slowdown.
>
> AT> Something that may help here is a scheduled bi-weekly IRC chat, just
> to see
> AT> where we stand and were we're heading.
>
> I like this idea. The numbers on ##jsf are dwindling. This would help
> get some more traffic in there.
>
> >>>>> On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 16:26:31 -0600, Josh Juneau <juneau001_at_gmail.com>
> said:
>
> JJ> I was working on the Java 8 date time converter, but last I knew Ed
> JJ> was going to finish it up (prior to JavaOne, I believe). If my
> JJ> assistance is still needed on that issue then I would certainly help
> JJ> out. If nothing else, I'd love to test and write about it.
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:21:44 +0100, arjan tijms <
> arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> said:
>
> AT> It looks like both the spec issue and the implementation issue are
> complete
> AT> done, as both
> https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-1370
> AT> and https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4070
>
> AT> Testing and writing about it will always help, of course. I'll include
> this
> AT> feature on my JSF 2.3 page soon.
>
> Josh, as far as I know, that one is done in the EDR. Do you have any
> further suggestions on it?
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:06:47 +0100, Bauke Scholtz <balusc_at_gmail.com>
> said:
>
> BalusC> Before the SVN-to-Git migration and the JavaOne freeze I did got
> some
> BalusC> issues assigned on me and I finished the following:
> BalusC> - https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES_SPEC_PUBLIC-1113
> remove
> BalusC> invalid "onselect" attribute from select components
> BalusC> - https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4005 character
> encoding bug
> BalusC> in URL attribute writers
> BalusC> - https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4024 improved
> deprecated
> BalusC> approach of loading scripts embedded in ajax response
>
> BalusC> All of them are however still "unresolved". Unsure how to continue.
> BalusC> @Manfred?
>
> Is all the work committed to the java.net git?
>
> BalusC> I've also a PORT issue assigned:
> BalusC> - https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVASERVERFACES-4049 port of 4024
> to 2.2
> BalusC> branch
>
> BalusC> I actually have no idea what's the correct way to do that on SVN.
> @Manfred?
>
> I'm having some trouble working with the git branches as well. I have
> an email out to Manfred. I'll followup here.
>
> Ed
>
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