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[jsr338-experts] Re: [jpa-spec users] Improving the TCK

From: Oliver Gierke <ogierke_at_vmware.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:39:03 -0700

Maybe it's me or I am not getting the joke :). How does Jigsaw not making into Java 8 relate to the general availability to get access to a specs TCK?

Am 18.07.2012 um 11:47 schrieb Werner Keil:

> Ollie/all,
>
> Thanks for your input. As we heard, some crucial part Java 8 has just died, so unless EE 8 was to skip 8 and build right onto 9, we're very likely to see a "less significant" or mostly "Maintainance" release of Java EE, too.
>
> If you want to improve things that don't make it into EE7, there might be a good chance to do so in 8<347.gif>
>
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> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Oliver Gierke <ogierke_at_vmware.com> wrote:
> Is there a chance we get official feedback in this regard? I don't care as much about the JPA 2.1 TCK as it's done. Still I'd like to help improving the upcoming version of the spec.
>
> I think this is crucial as I have seen tickets in implementors bug trackers with comments that bugs won't be fixed if the TCK doesn't actually bark. This way, it's actually not the spec driving the features/bugs of the implementation but a TCK not even members of the expert group get access to. This effectively creates a shadow spec which is a sub-optimal thing to see I think.
>
> Regards,
> Ollie
>
> Am 17.07.2012 um 20:36 schrieb Harald Wellmann:
>
> > Am 17.07.2012 11:22, schrieb Oliver Gierke:
> >>
> >> Where can one get access to the standalone version of the JPA 2.0
> >> TCK?
> >>
> >
> > The TCK is still closed source, AFAIK.
> >
> > Over the past two years, I've found numerous spec-related bugs in all 3
> > certified JPA 2.0 implementations (Eclipselink, Hibernate, OpenJPA) that
> > should have been caught by the TCK.
> >
> > Some 18 months ago, when there was not even a public mailing list, I
> > sent a request to the write-only list jsr-317-feedback_at_sun.com to
> > release the TCK to the public.
> >
> > There is also the sad story of a fourth persistence provider who has
> > given up on certification after trying in vain to get access to the TCK:
> >
> > http://datanucleus.blogspot.de/2011/01/jpa-tck-request-and-jpa21.html
> >
> > It is good to see that the current JCP is more open than former
> > versions, but of course a community process that really deserves the
> > name would open source all TCKs for all JSRs, no exceptions.
> >
> >> 2. How can we actually help out to improve the TCK?
> >
> > Well, we can't as long as the TCK isn't open. That's the main point why
> > it doesn't make sense to keep it closed.
> >
> > The CDI TCK has been Open Source from the very beginning, part of the
> > same Java EE 6 umbrella release and governed by the same JCP.
> >
> > I really don't see why this shouldn't work for JPA just as well.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Harald
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Cheers, Ollie
> >>
> >> [0] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=322579 [1]
> >> https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/HHH-6896 [2]
> >> http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317
> >>
> >
> >
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