Ed,
Great to see some movement starting to occur, once again. Thanks for
including my blog post in your email, I hope that it did have an impact in
showing the overall slowdown in progress for Java EE 8. As always, I
definitely appreciate all you and the others have done for moving JSF
forward throughout the years and making it such a great framework.
I have not contributed a lot unfortunately due to time limitations, but I
have updated a couple of spec issues. Kudos goes to all of the hard work
that Arjan, Bauke, and others have put into making progress on JSF 2.3.
The release is really coming along thanks to all of their time and efforts.
Thanks
Josh Juneau
juneau001_at_gmail.com
http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com
https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866
On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Edward Burns <edward.burns_at_oracle.com>
wrote:
> Hello Volunteers,
>
> There has been a lot of water under the bridge, and a lot has been said
> and done about the whys and hows of Java EE 8. Perhaps the saying part
> of the story started with Josh's seminal blog post on the topic [1],
> continued with the rise of the Java EE Guardians, the proposal of
> Microprofile.io and not a few press articles throughout. I'm not at
> liberty to comment on any of that, but believe me, my long time
> association with JSF and passion for the community we've built here in
> the last twelve years make it impossible for me to not have opinions.
> What I can do is point to the abstract for the JavaOne talk Kito and I
> are scheduled to give:
>
> JSF 2.3: The Community Takes Charge [CON7981]
>
> Since JavaOne 2015, the JSF 2.3 expert group has been continuously
> active in spite of inactivity from the spec leads. The recently
> announced reboot of Java EE 8 will include completion of JSF 2.3. This
> session highlights the achievements of the JSF expert group and
> community and outlines the plan to complete JSF 2.3 for Java EE 8.
>
> I'm working with Kito to develop the content, but I could use a hand in
> understanding what you all have been up to. Just look at the traffic on
> the EG list over the past year:
>
> 2015 Jan 125 Feb 80 Mar 84 Apr 55 May 7 Jun 14 Jul 12 Aug 106 Sep 95 Oct
> 32 Nov 10 Dec 50
> 2016 Jan 34 Feb 35 Mar 25 Apr 4 May 25 Jun 55 Jul 67 Aug 23 Sep 7
>
> Granted, it's not what it once was in the heady days of JSF 2.0, but
> it's still a lot. You all have been busy. Since Arjan did such an
> awesome job with his JSF 2.2 updates, I'd like to ask him to take a shot
> at breaking down the changes.
>
> Arjan, if you don't have time to do it, let me know and I'll find some
> other way to come back up to speed. You're welcome to use this Wiki
> Page so you can allow others to fill it out too. [2]
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
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>
>
> [1] http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2016/04/java-ee-8-what-is-
> current-status-case.html
>
> [2] https://java.net/projects/javaserverfaces-spec-public/
> pages/Jsf2_32016Summary
>