[jsr-314-open] revisiting the JSR-314 openness policy

[Dan Allen]

I was tied up the last couple of weeks, hence my delayed response on this
important issue.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Ed Burns <Ed.Burns at sun.com> wrote:

> >>>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:28 +0100, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com>
> said:
>
> PM> On 18 Sep 2009, at 00:09, Dan Allen wrote:
>
> >> Our first choice for request #1 is to allow all subscribed members
> >> of the jsr-314-open list to post, with moderation of a person's
> >> inaugural post (webbeans-dev uses this approach, for instance). The
> >> second choice would be to have a separate list open to the
> >> community. In either case, both lists should satisfy request #2.
>
> PM> My preference would be for there to be two email lists, both with
> PM> public, non-password-protected, archives. The first is the EG list.
> PM> The second is the a discussion list. A regular member of the EG can
> PM> post unmoderated to either list. Any subscriber can post to the
> PM> discussion list. If a member of the community is an expert on a
> PM> particular sub-topic, we should pull them into the EG list, using
> PM> moderation to allow their posts through.
>
> I like Pete's suggestion.  Dan, is the lack of email gateway the only
> roadblock to using the existing facility on the new jcp.org site?
>

>From a high level, yes. That's not to say that we won't discover other
issues if we actually try to use it. We are gambling on an unproven
technology. If it can handle the bidirectional gateway between forums and
mailinglists elegantly, then I have no problem going with that approach.

What I would like to avoid is having to trial this in real time and have it
disrupt the ongoing conversations. Is there some way we can setup a test
list and have some volunteers play around with it? Frankly I'm surprised the
JCP didn't involve us in this in the first place. After all, we are the ones
that have to use the software day-to-day. Can I get in on the conversation
you are having with them (whoever them is)?

-Dan

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