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

[Roger Kitain]

Andy Schwartz wrote:
> Hey Roger -
>
> Thanks for your efforts in tracking this down.
>
> Roger Kitain wrote:
>> They also said that the older jsr-314-open messages could be injected 
>> into this forum so we
>> would not lose anything.
>
> That's great news!
>
>>
>> I'm still awaiting specific
>> details about the new process and what we need to do to rectify the 
>> situation, but it may mean
>> we change from jsr-314-open to jsr-314-public.  I will let you know 
>> as soon as I find out more.
>
> Taking a look at the following info from the jcp site:
>
> http://jcp.org/en/introduction/intro#boards
>
> We have access to a 3 discussion boards:
>
>>     * jsr-xxx-public: this is a board to which any registered user 
>> can post. Some Expert Groups may choose to use these boards for their 
>> primary communication on the JSR's development. As an alternative to 
>> viewing the long list of all boards, you can also get to a given 
>> JSR's public board by clicking the "jsr-xxx-public" link on the JSR's 
>> summary page.
>>     * jsr-xxx-observers: this is a board to which any registered user 
>> may request to be added, to which the JSR's Spec Lead and experts are 
>> automatically subscribed. Some Expert Groups may choose to use these 
>> boards for their primary communication on the JSR's development, 
>> while still others may use it as a mechanism for providing updates to 
>> the particularly interested members of the community. To request to 
>> be added to a JSR's observer board, use the Observers board request 
>> form to ask to be added to the board.
>>     * jsr-xxx-eg: this is a board that is private to the 
>> Specification Lead(s) and Expert Group members for that JSR. Some 
>> Expert Groups may choose to use these boards for their primary 
>> communication on the JSR's development, using the others as 
>> mechanisms for community updates.
>
> Seems like we would want to perform the following mapping
>
> jsr-314-comments is replaced by jsr-314-public.
> jsr-314-open is replaced by jsr-314-observers.
> jsr-314-eg stays the same (which is not really in use at this point).
Yes, based on that information that mapping appears to be what we could use.
>
> Note that there is some degree of email support available:
>
>> Using the boards via e-mail
>> Many Expert Groups wish to conduct their communications primarily 
>> through e-mail. Both the observers and EG-private boards also 
>> generate e-mail messages. This allows the people using those boards 
>> to choose to use either the board's web interface, or just to 
>> interact with the board via e-mail, where it functions like a 
>> standard mailing list, or some combination of the two. For instance, 
>> if you are on the Expert Group for JSR 500, you could send mail to 
>> jsr-500-eg at jcp.org. This message would be distributed to everyone 
>> else on the Expert Group via e-mail, as well as being entered in the 
>> discussion board for future reference.
>
> But apparently no email love for jsr-314-public.  Roger - any chance 
> you could raise this limitation with your jcp contact?  Ideally we 
> would like email access to the public forum.
Yes. That certainly does appear to be n unfortunate limitation.  Let's 
see what we can do about it.
>
> Andy
>